Bernard Allen
Ceist:127 Mr. Allen asked the Minister for Health and Children the steps, if any, he will take to ensure that guidelines and regulations are put in place to ensure the quality of cosmetic surgery. [23001/99]
Written Answers. - Cosmetic Surgery.
As with other medical procedures the regulation of cosmetic surgery is not provided for by law and there is therefore no legislative framework within which I, as Minister for Health and Children, could issue guidelines on the matter which would be binding on the parties involved. However, the Medical Council is the statutory body established to provide for the registration and control of persons engaged in the practice of medicine under the Medical Practitioners Act, 1978. Doctors are required to be registered with the council before they can practice medicine in Ireland.