Legal Opinion
American Board of Cosmetic Surgery v. Medical Board
California Court of Appeal
Decided April 28, 2008No. C054718PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion
BLEASE, Acting P. J.
This case involves an 11-year effort by petitioner, the American Board of Cosmetic Surgery (ABCS), to gain specialty board approval by respondent, the Medical Board of California (Medical Board), so that physicians certified by the ABCS may advertise themselves as board certified in “Cosmetic Surgery,” defined as a subspecialty of medicine and surgery, in one of three areas. Those areas are general cosmetic surgery, facial cosmetic surgery and dermatologic cosmetic surgery. A subspecialty board is a subcategory of a recognized board.
The Medical Board’s authority…
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