§ 20-114
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§20–114.
(a)Before a physician operates on a patient to insert a breast implant, the physician shall inform the patient of the advantages, disadvantages, and risks associated with a breast implantation.
(b)The Department shall:
(1)Provide a standardized written summary in layman’s language that:
(i)Contains all the information on breast implantation generally contained in the information sheet for the breast implant; and
(ii)Discloses side effects, warnings, and cautions for a breast implantation operation;
(2)Update as necessary the standardized written summary; and
(3)Distribute the standardized written summary to each hospital, clinic, and physician’s office and any other facility that performs breast implantations.
(c)A physician satisfies the requirements of subsection
(a)of this section if:
(1)The physician provides the breast implantation patient with the standardized written summary described in subsection
(b)of this section;
(2)The patient receives the standardized written summary 5 days before the breast implantation operation; and
(3)The patient signs a statement provided by the Department acknowledging the receipt of the standardized written summary.