Re: CA Law On Keepsake Ultrasound
From: art fougner, md (evsono@pipeline.com)
Tue Sep 7 08:49:08 2004
Terry
great question ... citizens of CA may ultimately fall victim to the law
of unintended consequences
art
At Mon, 6 Sep 2004, Terry J DuBose wrote:
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>So is there any enforcement? What does this mean to the profession of
>sonography in California? Terry
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>On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 17:28:30 -0500 LDPLATT@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 9/6/2004 3:06:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
>evsono@pipeline.com writes:
>The California state legislature has passed bill AB 2049 which adds a
>paragraph to the state health and safety code which reads as follows:
>
>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.
>
>http://www.sonoworld.com
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>It concludes with "that it may violate state or local law.....
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>So is there any enforcement? What does this mean to the profession of
>sonography in California? Terry
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>On Mon, 6 Sep 2004 17:28:30 -0500 <A
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> In a message dated 9/6/2004 3:06:58 PM Pacific Standard Time,
> evsono@pipeline.com writes:
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> style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: transparent" face=Arial color=#000000 size=2>The
> California state legislature has passed bill AB 2049 which adds
> aparagraph to the state health and safety code which reads as
> follows:A person or facility that offers fetal ultrasound, or
> similarprocedure, for keepsake or entertainment purposes, shall disclose
> to aclient prior to performing the procedure, in writing, the
> followingstatement: "The federal Food and Drug Administration has
> determined thatthe use of medical ultrasound equipment for other than
> medical purposes,or without a physician's prescription, is an unapproved
> use.http://www.sonoworld.com
>
> It concludes with "that it may violate state or local
> law.....
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