informed consent; medical interventions

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informed consent; medical interventions

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What This Bill Does

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• 1557 informed consent; medical interventions Purpose Requires health professionals, prior to performing any medical intervention on a patient, to obtain a signed informed consent to be retained in the patient's medical record, except in cases of emergency medical care.
• Background Consent is informed if the person giving the consent has been informed of and comprehends the nature, purpose, consequences, risks and benefits of the alternatives to the procedure, and has been informed and comprehends that withholding or withdrawing consent will not prejudice the future provision of care and services to the client.
• In cases of unusual or hazardous treatment, experimental research, organ transplantation and nontherapeutic surgery, consent is informed if, in addition to the foregoing, the person giving the consent has been informed of and comprehends the method to be used in the proposed procedure ( A.R.S.

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ARIZONA STATE SENATE

Fifty-Seventh
Legislature, Second Regular Session

FACT SHEET FOR
s.B. 1557

informed consent;
medical interventions

Purpose

Requires health
professionals, prior to performing any medical intervention on a patient, to
obtain a signed informed consent to be retained in the patient's medical
record, except in cases of emergency medical care.

Background

Consent is
informed if the person giving the consent has been informed of and comprehends
the nature, purpose, consequences, risks and benefits of the alternatives to
the procedure, and has been informed and comprehends that withholding or
withdrawing consent will not prejudice the future provision of care and
services to the client. In cases of unusual or hazardous treatment,
experimental research, organ transplantation and nontherapeutic surgery,
consent is informed if, in addition to the foregoing, the person giving the
consent has been informed of and comprehends the method to be used in the
proposed procedure (
A.R.S. �
36-551
).

There is no
anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this
legislation.

Provisions

1.

Requires a health professional, prior to performing any medical
intervention on a patient, to obtain a signed informed consent to be retained
in the patient's medical record, except in cases of emergency medical care.

2.

Defines
medical intervention
as a medical procedure, treatment,
device, drug, injection, medication or medical action taken to diagnose,
prevent or cure a disease or alter the health or biological function of a
person.

3.

Becomes effective on the general effective date.

Prepared by Senate Research

February 16, 2026

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Current Bill Text

SB1557 - 572R - S Ver

Senate Engrossed

informed consent;
medical interventions

State of Arizona

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature

Second Regular Session

2026

SENATE BILL 1557

AN
ACT

Amending title 32, chapter 32, article 1,
Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-3228.01; relating to
health professionals.

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Be it
enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section
1.
1. Title
32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding
section 32-3228.01, to read:

START_STATUTE
32-3228.01.

Informed consent; exception; definition

A. Before performing any medical
intervention on a patient, A health professional shall obtain a signed informed
consent, which shall be retained in the patient's medical record.

B. The requirements of subsection a
of this section do not apply when a patient is receiving emergency medical
care.

C. For the purposes of this section,
"medical intervention" means a medical procedure, treatment, device,
drug, injection, medication or medical action taken to diagnose, prevent or
cure a disease or alter the health or biological function of a person.
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