This bill requires that all outpatient cosmetic procedures clinics be licensed and regulated by the department of health beginning January 1, 2012. For purposes of this bill, an outpatient cosmetic procedures clinic is a facility in which medical procedures or treatments that are performed to alter or reshape normal structures of the body in order to improve appearance, other than reconstructive procedures and treatments, are performed under the direct supervision of a licensed physician.

Statutes affected:
Introduced: 10-7-402