Arizona SB 1017: appropriation; historical society; pioneer museum

Bill Text

SB1017 - 572R - S Ver 

 Senate Engrossed

 informed consent; 
 signatures

 State of Arizona

 Senate

 Fifty-seventh Legislature

 Second Regular Session

 2026

 SENATE BILL 1017

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

START_STATUTE32-3228.01. Informed consent; surgical procedures; signature requirements; 
definition

A. Except in an emergency, Informed 
consent for a surgical procedure obtained by a physician who is licensed pursuant to chapter 13 or 17 
of this title, a nurse practitioner who is licensed pursuant to chapter 15 of 
this title or a physician assistant who is licensed pursuant to chapter 25 of 
this title shall include the signatures of the physician, nurse practitioner or 
physician assistant who is performing the surgical procedure, the patient or 
the patient's surrogate decision maker pursuant to section 36-3231 and a 
witness, as required by the health care facility's policies, if applicable, and 
the date.

B. If a patient or a patient's 
surrogate decision maker pursuant to section 36-3231 is physically unable 
to sign or mark an informed consent, a witness shall verify on the document 
that the patient or the patient's surrogate decision maker directly indicated 
to the witness that the patient intended to consent to the surgical procedure.

C. For the purposes of this section, 
"surgical procedure" means the excision of or incision in a patient's 
body for any of the following:

1. The correction of a deformity or 
defect.

2. The repair of an injury.

3. The 
diagnosis, amelioration or cure of a disease. END_STATUTE