§ 2495. Legislative findings and intent. Hysterectomy is one of the most common major surgical procedures performed on women and is a commonly recommended treatment for some gynecological disorders, such as uterine leiomyofibroma, endometriosis, disorders of menstruation, and uterine neoplasms. Some disorders, depending on the patient’s diagnosis and situation, may be managed with alternative treatments. […]
§ 2498. Provision of summary by physician. The summary shall be provided by a physician to each person under such physician’s care, when a hysterectomy is under consideration for that person.
§ 2499. Informed consent. Nothing in this section shall be construed to create a cause of action for lack of informed consent in any instance in which such cause of action would be limited by section twenty-eight hundred five-d of this chapter.
§ 2499-a. Exception. The dispensing of the standard written summary shall not pertain when the hysterectomy is performed in a situation of imminent danger in which the physician determines prior dispensing is not possible or feasible.
