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ARIZONA STATE SENATE
Fifty-Seventh Legislature, Second Regular Session
informed consent; medical interventions
Purpose
Requires health professionals, prior to performing any medical intervention on a patient, to obtain a signed informed consent to be retained in the patient's medical record, except in cases of emergency medical care.
Background
Consent is informed if the person giving the consent has been informed of and comprehends the nature, purpose, consequences, risks and benefits of the alternatives to the procedure, and has been informed and comprehends that withholding or withdrawing consent will not prejudice the future provision of care and services to the client. In cases of unusual or hazardous treatment, experimental research, organ transplantation and nontherapeutic surgery, consent is informed if, in addition to the foregoing, the person giving the consent has been informed of and comprehends the method to be used in the proposed procedure (A.R.S. § 36-551).
There is no anticipated fiscal impact to the state General Fund associated with this legislation.
Provisions
1. Requires a health professional, prior to performing any medical intervention on a patient, to obtain a signed informed consent to be retained in the patient's medical record, except in cases of emergency medical care.
2. Defines medical intervention as a medical procedure, treatment, device, drug, injection, medication or medical action taken to diagnose, prevent or cure a disease or alter the health or biological function of a person.
3. Becomes effective on the general effective date.
Prepared by Senate Research
February 16, 2026
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