The state and federal governments and medical boards make or enforce laws that are of great significance to patient safety. Dr. Teitelbaum has been a stalwart of lobbying in his state legislature, Congress, and the FDA for the benefit of plastic surgery patients. These activities have included:

Encouraging Congress to pass the "Children with Deformities Act" which would mandate insurance companies provide coverage for children with birth defects;
Requiring dental insurance plans to cover orthodontic treatment for the terrible dental problems in children with cleft lips and palates;
Requiring direct physician oversight of medi-spas treating patients with lasers;
Mandating doctors disclose their education and board certification;
Limiting doctors who hold board certification in "bogus" boards—boards that do not require proper education and training—from advertising to the public that they are actually "board certified;"
Protecting patients from dentists wishing to perform cosmetic surgery;
Testifying in front of the FDA to allow patients a wider choice of better breast implants.

Dr. Steven Teitelbaum advocating for patient rights

As president of the California Society of Plastic Surgeons I advocated legislation that would protect patients from unqualified doctors, require insurance coverage of birth defects, and mandate accredited operating rooms. Here I am posing in front of the governor's office with the California state animal, the grizzly bear. Does anyone find it odd that our state animal is extinct?

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Dr. Steven Teitelbaum advocating for patient rights

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