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Health and Safety Code § 123620

ARTICLE 4.5. Fetal Ultrasound

Current as of September 28, 2026Health & Saf. Code, § 123620Official source ↗

Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 78, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.

A person or facility that offers fetal ultrasound, or a similar procedure, for keepsake or entertainment purposes, shall disclose to a client prior to performing the procedure, in writing, the following statement: “The federal Food and Drug Administration has determined that the use of medical ultrasound equipment for other than medical purposes, or without a physician’s prescription, is an unapproved use.”