{"data":{"id":"us-ca/hsc-1691","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"HSC § 1691","heading":"","body":"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.","path":["Health and Safety Code - HSC","DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","CHAPTER 6.5. Hysterectomies [1690. - 1691.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"8695477ab93d654b84cc6f0f5d93b7dd50467c914a05f01fe59bc67fbab2a91e","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/hsc-1690","next":"us-ca/hsc-1695"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}