{"code":"HSC","codeName":"Health and Safety Code","section":"1691","citation":"Health & Saf. Code, § 1691","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 2. LICENSING PROVISIONS [1200. - 1796.88.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2"},{"name":"CHAPTER 6.5. Hysterectomies [1690. - 1691.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/division-2/chapter-6.5"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1387, Sec. 1.","effective":null,"html":"<p>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 <a href=\"/hsc/2000\">2000</a>) of Division 2 of the Business and Professions Code.</p>","text":"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.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/health-and-safety-code/hysterectomies-1691","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}