Health and Safety Code section 123620


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.”

Source: Section 123620, https://leginfo.­legislature.­ca.­gov/faces/codes_displaySection.­xhtml?lawCode=HSC§ionNum=123620.­ (updated Jan. 1, 2005; accessed Jul. 7, 2025).

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