{"data":{"id":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-191.240","jurisdiction":"us-mo","citation":"Mo. Rev. Stat. § 191.240","heading":"Patient examinations, limitation on performance of, when — notice — violation, sanction of license.","body":"1. For purposes of this section, the following terms mean:\n(1) \"Health care provider\" , the same meaning given to the term in section 191.900;\n(2) \"Patient examination\" , a prostate, anal, or pelvic examination.\n2. A health care provider, or any student or trainee under the supervision of a health care provider, shall not knowingly perform a patient examination upon an anesthetized or unconscious patient in a health care facility unless:\n(1) The patient or a person authorized to make health care decisions for the patient has given specific informed consent to the patient examination for nonmedical purposes;\n(2) The patient examination is necessary for diagnostic or treatment purposes;\n(3) The collection of evidence through a forensic examination, as defined in and under subsection 8 of section 595.220, for a suspected sexual assault on the anesthetized or unconscious patient is necessary because the evidence will be lost or because the patient is unable to give informed consent due to a medical condition; or\n(4) Circumstances are present that and which imply consent, as described in section 431.063.\n3. A health care provider shall notify a patient of any patient examination performed under subdivisions (2) to (4) of subsection 2 of this section if the patient is unable to give verbal or written consent.\n4. A health care provider who violates the provisions of this section, or who supervises a student or trainee who violates the provisions of this section, shall be subject to discipline by any licensing board that licenses the health care provider.","path":["Title XII - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE","Chapter 191 - Health and Welfare"],"source_url":"https://revisor.mo.gov/main/OneSection.aspx?section=191.240","current_through":"2026 legislative session (floor)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-03T22:23:26Z","sha256":"f23d9b977951e526c9fedfb00808dba6fd4b1ade6e880edaea55a1a54d8d4124","source_id":"us-mo","stale":false,"prev":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-191.237","next":"us-mo/mo.-rev.-stat.-191.250"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}