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HSC § 1691
Where this section sits in the code
- Health and Safety Code - HSC
- DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]
- CHAPTER 6.5. Hysterectomies [1690. - 1691.]
The failure of a physician and surgeon to inform a patient by means of written consent, in layman’s language and in a language understood by the patient of alternative efficacious methods of treatment which may be medically viable, when a hysterectomy is to be performed, constitutes unprofessional conduct within the meaning of Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2000) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.
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