§ 20-114. Breast implantation

   (a) Duty of physician to inform patient of advantages, risks, etc. -- 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) Duties of Department. -- 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) Satisfaction of requirements. -- 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.

HISTORY: 1987, ch. 299; 1988, ch. 6, § 1; 1992, ch. 629.