MA H2459

Requires patients to receive written notice and provide informed consent before undergoing concurrent surgical procedures, where a surgeon operates on multiple patients simultaneously in different rooms with critical portions overlapping

Mandates at least 14 days advance notice for elective concurrent procedures and at least 48 hours notice for secondary emergency concurrent procedures, including detailed description of which surgical steps the attending physician will and will not perform

Grants patients the right to refuse concurrent surgical procedures except in emergency situations

Requires attending physicians to document in medical records their presence or absence during surgery, including timing of absences and who served as attending during those periods

Obligates facilities performing concurrent surgeries to publish notice on their websites and on individual surgeon webpages, with the Department of Public Health developing standardized consent forms