REQUIRING SURGICAL CONSENT FORMS — 1984 Pa. Act 213 (historical enacted text)

Historical Act text

PRINTER'S NO. 2649
INTRODUCED BY D. R. WRIGHT, BARBER, RUDY, HARPER, MANDERINO,
BELOFF, WACHOB, McCALL, OLIVER, RICHARDSON, KASUNIC,
KLINGAMAN, GRUPPO, ARTY, BUNT, GREENWOOD, PETERSON, SWEET,
MRKONIC, COWELL, MARKOSEK, DEAL, DUFFY, LIVENGOOD, PRATT,
DOMBROWSKI, PIEVSKY, LAUGHLIN, LLOYD, McMONAGLE, VAN HORNE,
HUTCHINSON, DeWEESE, COLAFELLA, KOSINSKI, WOZNIAK, MISCEVICH,
MURPHY, CLARK, FREEMAN, RAPPAPORT, STEIGHNER, STEWART,
SEVENTY, CALTAGIRONE, KUKOVICH, GALLAGHER, BATTISTO, LINTON,
BELFANTI, WAMBACH, PETRONE, OLASZ, DeLUCA, ITKIN, PETRARCA,
LETTERMAN, McINTYRE, COY, TRELLO, F. E. TAYLOR, ALDERETTE,
RYBAK, DURHAM, GEIST, FARGO, HAGARTY, WILSON, LEVI,
L. E. SMITH, FREIND, BOOK, JOHNSON, CIVERA, CESSAR,
R. C. WRIGHT, MERRY, BOYES, HERSHEY, TELEK, CLYMER, MICOZZIE,
COSLETT, PHILLIPS, SALVATORE AND CAPPABIANCA, MARCH 14, 1984
REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON HEALTH AND WELFARE, MARCH 14, 1984
AN ACT
1 Requiring physicians to obtain informed consent from patients
2 for treatment of breast cancer.
3 The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
4 hereby enacts as follows:
5 Section 1. Before a physician operates on a patient for a
6 tumor of the breast, a consent form shall have been executed
7 which includes the following:
8 "CONSENT FOR TREATMENT OF BREAST CANCER"
9 Sign option (a) or option (b), or option (a) and option (b).
10 (a) .........................Breast Biopsy
11 Side (right or left)
12 ...............................
1 Patient's Signature
2 (b) If it is determined that I have a malignant tumor in my
3 breast or other breast abnormality requiring surgery, then I
4 authorize Dr. ........... to perform such operations or
5 procedures, including breast removal, which are deemed
6 necessary. I have been informed of the current medically
7 accepted alternatives to radical mastectomy.
8 Procedure:
9 .................................
10 .................................
11 Patient's Signature
12 Section 2. In addition to civil proceedings, failure to
13 comply with the provisions of this act shall subject the
14 physician to disciplinary action under the act of July 20, 1974
15 (P.L.551, No.190), known as the Medical Practice Act of 1974, or
16 under the act of October 5, 1978 (P.L.1109, No.261), known as
17 the Osteopathic Medical Practice Act.
18 Section 3. This act shall take effect in 60 days.
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