KUWAIT CITY, Nov 10: MP Mohammad Hayef on Wednesday submitted a draft bill on regulating procedures in the cosmetic surgery sector in Kuwait.

Hayef disclosed the proposal also calls for the establishment of a society of Kuwaiti and expatriate cosmetic surgeons, while anyone proven to have violated the law will be imprisoned for not more than five years and fined not less than KD 1,000 or any of these penalties.

In his explanatory note, Hayef said many unscrupulous individuals have been taking advantage of people’s desire to look good, especially among the youths, due to the absence of a law in this regard.
He believes the bill is one of the most important proposals forwarded to the Parliament because it is the first of its kind in the GCC.

Article One of the bill stipulates regulations governing the cosmetic surgery field.
Article Two states that cosmetic surgeons are not allowed to operate unless they obtain a license from the concerned authority.

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Article Three obliges the Ministry of Health to form a committee, consisting of experts in the field, to evaluate the license applications.
According to the lawmaker, other provisions of the bill prohibit any surgery that violates the Islamic Sharia, such as sex change operations, tattoos and surgeries in small clinics or salons.
He added the submission of this bill is one of the positive results of the retention of the Studying Negative Phenomena Committee at the Parliament.