In response to whether the current regulations should be repealed or strictly adhered to, I am in favor of maintaining the current regulations as they relate to ensuring the health and safety of both the patient and physician. They are minimum requirements as determined by both medical and professional experts and pose no threat to either the financial or health liability to the clinics, as it were. Every business must operate within guidelines, be it financial, ethical, moral, and even safety standards. These clinics are being asked to use "minimum" health standards, a task that has proven daunting to some and of no consequence to others. Make no mistake, this is a business and a rather lucrative one at that.

As a father of two girls and a brother to three sisters, my hope is that IF they were to need such an evasive procedure done, that the "place" they would choose to go to has (in place) the finest facility, the best trained personnel, and all of the latest medically necessary equipment available to provide a safe, clean and healthy environment. That their objective would be to exceed the standard, not ignore it. The fact that some of these facilities and their administrators need to be monitored by an outside agency, is telling. It speaks volumes- to wit that they are motivated by monetary gain/loss rationale. To believe that a government agency, which is and will continue to be swayed in whatever direction is politically expedient at the time, can be entrusted with what is in the best interest of someone other than themselves or their biggest contributors, is fool-hardy at best and shear maddness.

No, these regulations are necessary to maintain and ensure that, at the very least, the health and safety of the patient is given it's proper place, as the primary goal of any caregiver/provider.