Amend HB 1592, between lines 13 and 14, by inserting the 
following:        
	(d)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this 
section that the actor performed the surgery in an emergency.  In 
this subsection, "emergency" means a condition or circumstance in 
which a reasonable person with education and training similar to 
that of the actor would assume that the person on whom the surgery 
was performed was in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or 
death.