2013 Maryland Code
HEALTH - GENERAL
§ 20-114 - Breast implantation

§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.