AZ SB1557

Requires health professionals to obtain signed informed consent from patients before performing any medical intervention, with the consent document retained in the patient's medical record

Exempts emergency medical care situations from the signed informed consent requirement

Defines "medical intervention" broadly to include medical procedures, treatments, devices, drugs, injections, medications, or any medical action taken to diagnose, prevent, or cure disease or alter a person's health or biological function

Amends Arizona Revised Statutes Title 32 (Professions and Occupations), chapter 32, article 1 relating to health professionals