(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.
Maryland Legal Code