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Originally Posted by Kelt
Earlier there was a link I tried to look at and it wasn't working so natch' I had to go look because CA is the state I am in and I was curious (I have no intention at this time of changing my marker but wanted to know) and I took the legal code number and traced it directly. I thought it was interesting that they said:
"103430. (a) The petition shall be accompanied by an affidavit of a
physician attesting that the person has undergone clinically
appropriate treatment for the purpose of gender transition, based on
contemporary medical standards, and a certified copy of the court
order changing the applicant's name, if applicable. The physician's
affidavit shall be accepted as conclusive proof of gender change if
it contains substantially the following language"..Yada...yada
Yet it doesn't specify a source like DSM or specific procedure language in the part I bolded. I think it is probably good in that it can continue to adapt as things change, but I hope that doesn't leave room for back-peddling in the future.
Anyway, I thought it was curious wording. Anyone in CA who wants to read the whole proccess from the state, it's only about 5 para, this is a link to it.
Little off-topic, but there it is. |
I would suspect that they are referring to the Standards of Care. All trans* providers (medical docs, surgeons, therapists), tend to follow these standards set by WPATH.
http://www.wpath.org/uploaded_files/...0SOC,%20V7.pdf
Here's another CA link:
http://transgenderlawcenter.org/issu...-in-california which defines it as "What “clinically appropriate treatment” means for you is between you and your doctor. (this is under the court order gender change)