CHAPTER 6.5. Hysterectomies

Chapter 6.5 added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1387, Sec. 1.

§§ 1690–1691 · 2 sections

• § 1690 (a) Prior to the performance of a hysterectomy, physicians and surgeons shall obtain verbal and written informed consent. The informed consent procedure shall…
• § 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…