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This bill prohibits medical practitioners, students, interns, residents, and others in training from performing pelvic, prostate, rectal, or breast examinations on patients who are anesthetized or unconscious, unless specific conditions are met. These conditions include obtaining prior written informed consent from the patient or their representative, the examination being necessary for a consented surgical or diagnostic procedure, a medical emergency requiring the exam for immediate diagnosis or treatment (which must be documented and later communicated to the patient or representative), or a court order for evidence collection. Violating this law constitutes sexual assault in the second degree, can lead to a license suspension of at least five years, and incurs fines between $1,000 and $10,000, with the fines going to the West Virginia Foundation for Rape Information and Services.

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