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ES What are the consequences for the person who injected me with the unauthorised moulding substance?
Law 2316 of 2023 incorporated Article 116B of the Penal Code ("injuries with non-permitted modelling substances"). The law provides for imprisonment of 32 to 120 months and a fine of 150 to 250 minimum wages for anyone who injects or infiltrates these substances. The complaint can be filed with the Attorney General's Office, which [...].
What do I do if I am denied or delayed in receiving biopolymer and SMNP services?
It can be activated (preferably in a staggered manner): Right of petition to the EPS (requesting priority agenda, authorisations, referral network, clinical and administrative justification). Complaint to the National Superintendence of Health for barriers to access and health risk. Action for protection if the barrier affects the right to health in a serious/urgent way (for [...]
What is the care pathway you should follow within the EPS?
The EPS must ensure coverage of the diagnosis and treatment prescribed by the treating physician, with a focus on comprehensiveness and continuity, without turning the procedure into a barrier. The care must allow for specialised assessments, examinations, necessary procedures, pain management, comprehensive treatment and continuity, in accordance with the unified rules and their administrative implementation.
Because it is a "cosmetic" procedure, can I be denied examinations, specialists or necessary surgeries?
The benefit cannot be denied despite the fact that it is a consequence of "aesthetic" treatment. Even if the initial procedure was for aesthetic purposes, complications such as pain, inflammation, infections, systemic and psychosocial effects require diagnosis and treatment which are covered by the health system, and therefore [...].
Does the EPS have to cover care for biopolymer complications or for non-permitted modelling substances?
Yes, the Constitutional Court unified the jurisprudential rules and recognised that medical procedures for the removal and management of complications caused by biopolymers or non-permitted modelling substances are included in the Health Benefits Plan, and therefore, must be assumed by the EPS in order to protect health and dignified life (SU-239 of [...]).
What are "permitted" and "non-permitted" modelling substances?
In Colombia, this distinction is used to refer to injectable body fillers that are on the official list issued by the Ministry of Health and INVIMA. Non-permitted" are invasive and injectable substances that do not appear on this list and are used without the proper authorisation from the health authorities.
