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Patient Safety

Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Committee Approves Bill Requiring Medical Exams Before Cosmetic Surgery

On Monday, the Senate Business and Professions Committee approved a bill (AB 252) by Assembly member Wilmer Amina Carter (D-Rialto) that would require patients to pass a physical examination before undergoing elective cosmetic surgery, the Riverside Press-Enterprise reports.

Last month, the Assembly passed the bill with bipartisan support.

Although the California Medical Board supports the legislation, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's (R) Department of Consumer Affairs contends that the bill is unnecessary because the state already has similar regulations.

Last year, Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar bill by Carter, citing budgetary challenges (Miller, Riverside Press-Enterprise, 6/22).

Reader Comments:
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  • 06/23/2009
  • Charles Lee

Why is the legislature involved with issues like this? This should be within the province of the medical community.

The State licensing boards & the speciality boards should be the ones to oversee medical care. What do congress people know about medical care standards?

Leave medical care to the medical profession. You need to spend more time on general public matters-----like the budget!



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