World | France In France, Models Now Need a Doctor's Note Law aims to crack down on too-skinny models By Arden Dier Posted Dec 18, 2015 8:00 AM CST Copied This Sept. 10, 2006, file photo shows a thin model on the runway at the Rosa Cha Spring 2007 fashion show in New York. (AP Photo/Diane Bondareff, File) Models hoping to walk Paris' runways now need a doctor's note. French lawmakers passed a law on Thursday declaring models must obtain a medical certificate showing their body mass index is healthy and "compatible with the practice of the [modeling] profession" before working jobs. Those who break the law could face six months in prison and an $82,000 fine, reports AFP. A second law—to go into effect in January 2017 at the latest—notes a commercial image that's been Photoshopped must be labeled a "retouched photograph." Fines for violations will start at about $40,000 and could possibly reach up to 30% of the cost of the ad buy, per Women's Wear Daily. Read These Next Trump nominee who said he has 'a Nazi streak' withdraws. Trump reportedly wants a $230M payout from the DOJ. A young chess grandmaster has died unexpectedly. RFK Jr. offered his wife a fake separation. Report an error