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HB1018 • 2026

Health care; unauthorized pelvic examinations; exceptions; effective date.

Health care; unauthorized pelvic examinations; exceptions; effective date.

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Sponsor
McCane
Last action
2025-02-06
Official status
Referred to Rules
Effective date
Not listed

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Health care; unauthorized pelvic examinations; exceptions; effective date.

Health care; unauthorized pelvic examinations; exceptions; effective date.

What This Bill Does

  • Health care; unauthorized pelvic examinations; exceptions; effective date.
  • Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1018 (House): Introduced (2/4/2025)

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Bill History

  1. 2025-02-06 House

    Withdrawn from Public Health Committee

  2. 2025-02-06 House

    Withdrawn from Health and Human Services Oversight Committee

  3. 2025-02-06 House

    Referred to Rules

  4. 2025-02-04 House

    Second Reading referred to Health and Human Services Oversight

  5. 2025-02-04 House

    Referred to Public Health

  6. 2025-02-03 House

    First Reading

  7. 2025-02-03 House

    Authored by Representative McCane

Official Summary Text

Health care; unauthorized pelvic examinations; exceptions; effective date.
Bill Summaries/Fiscal Impact for HB 1018 (House): Introduced (2/4/2025)

Current Bill Text

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STATE OF OKLAHOMA

1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)

HOUSE BILL 1018 By: McCane

AS INTRODUCED

An Act relating to health care; prohibiting
unauthorized pelvic examinations; providing
exceptions; providing for codification; and providing
an effective date.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 1-761 of Title 63, unless there
is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
A physician, medical student, resident, Advanced Practice
Registered Nurse, registered nurse, or physician assistant shall not
perform a pelvic examination on an anesthetized or unconscious
female patient unless:
1. That patient gave informed written consent to the pelvic
examination;
2. The performance of the pelvic examination is within the
scope of care for a surgical procedure or diagnostic examination; or

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3. In the case of a patient incapable of giving informed
consent, the pelvic examination is required for diagnosis or
treatment of such patient.
SECTION 2. This act shall become effective November 1, 2025.

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