He Congress of the Republicon December 20, he promulgated the Law 32210a rule that modifies the Labor Law of the dentist surgeon, expanding and specifying the rights of dentists. This decision has generated a strong controversy in the health sectorespecially in the position of the Medical College of Peruwhich considers that the new legislation could jeopardize the safety of patients.
Therefore, Peru21 He talked to Dr. Surgeon Carlos EstradaPresident of the Peruvian Society of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, who detailed the meaning of the “medical act in dentant-study”, one of the central points of the discussion between both positions within the health sector.
“The macro definition of ‘medical act’ is the relationship between a health professional and the patient from beginning to end with autonomy and is given by the World Health Organization (WHO)which is the highest entity, and is shared by the Peruvian University Cayetano Heredia, because he expressed it in a document from the Ministry of Health, and by the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP) “, began detailing the aforementioned expert.
In that context, the Doctor Carlos Estrada He emphasized that “this law will not empower us to do more than we have already done. Our scope of action is defined by law and by powers and will not change with this. What this law allows is to formalize our presence in the area of emergencies “. In addition, he stressed that, without Law 32210, other medical professionals are blocked to exercise.
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