Section 20-114 - Breast implantation. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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. 
 

[1987, ch. 299; 1988, ch. 6, § 1; 1992, ch. 629.]