The illegal practice of medicine: the lack of specialization in plastic surgery and the legislative omission regarding criminal liability Beatriz Piedade Ferreira Bornato, Mauricio Fernando Rollemberg de Faro Melo

Abstract

The objective of this study is to provide a detailed understanding of the illegal practice of medicine and to provide a more in-depth understanding of the profession of plastic surgeon. It will address the lack of accountability in the criminal sphere without specialization in the area. This is a fact that occurs daily through clandestine clinics, unethical doctors and patients who seek the long-awaited plastic surgery through more “affordable” means. The lack of a law that addresses this issue brings with it numerous problems to be discussed, since doctors commit a crime and get away with it and patients most of the time seek justice only in the civil sphere, as will be seen throughout this work. The need to implement a bill or an amendment will be addressed to regularize such an act and ensure that the agent in question is subject to the necessary sanctions.