Only doctors with a specialty in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery or another surgical or medical-surgical specialty that includes competencies in aesthetic surgery in their official training program may perform cosmetic surgery.
The Official State Gazette (BOE) published the ministerial order amending Annex II of Royal Decree 1277/2003, of October 10, which establishes the general bases for the authorisation of health centres, services and establishments.
The significant increase in cosmetic surgery and the proliferation of centres offering it have generated a growing social and health demand for better control of this activity. The order seeks to ensure that these procedures are carried out exclusively by professionals with the appropriate training and qualifications.
In September 2022, in response to this need, the Congress of Deputies approved a Non-Law Proposal urging the Government to modify Royal Decree 1277/2003, with the aim of strengthening the regulations to prevent intrusion and ensure that all health activities are carried out by duly qualified professionals.
This order updates the definition of the Cosmetic Surgery Assistance Unit, which appears in Annex II of Royal Decree 1277/2003, and which encompasses all activities and procedures related to cosmetic surgery.
The aim is to restrict the performance of cosmetic surgery procedures only to those professionals who have received the necessary specific training within their training programme. In addition, they will only be able to carry out these surgeries in areas that are directly related to their medical specialty.
Only doctors with a specialty in Plastic, Aesthetic and Reconstructive Surgery or another surgical or medical-surgical specialty that includes competencies in aesthetic surgery in their official training program may perform this type of operation.
The Minister of Health, Mónica García, wanted to share the news through a video and stressed that: “This measure is, without a doubt, a huge victory for the family of Sara, a woman who unfortunately lost her life after undergoing an operation in a beauty centre that did not have the necessary guarantees. Her family’s struggle has been key to achieving this important change.”
With this Ministerial Order, she said, “we are taking an important step towards a safer health system, so that tragedies like Sara’s do not happen again.”
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