Section 26-23E-6 – Patient Care.
Section 26-23E-6 Patient care. All patient care in an abortion or reproductive health center must be rendered in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, State Board of Health rules, State Board of Medical Examiners rules, and current standards of care, including all professional standards of practice. (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §6.)
Section 26-23E-7 – Prescription of Abortion-Inducing Drugs.
Section 26-23E-7 Prescription of abortion-inducing drugs. Only a physician may give, sell, dispense, administer, or otherwise prescribe an abortion-inducing drug. Because the failure and complications from medical abortion increase with advancing gestational age, because the physical symptoms of medical abortion can be identical to the symptoms of ectopic pregnancy, and because abortion-inducing drugs do not […]
Section 26-23E-8 – Office-Based Procedure Requirements.
Section 26-23E-8 Office-based procedure requirements. Physicians performing abortion procedures in abortion or reproductive health centers shall conform to the rules for office-based surgery of the Alabama State Board of Medical Examiners, shall meet the standards prescribed in the rules for office-based procedures – moderate sedation/analgesia, and shall meet all other requirements in those rules, including […]
Section 26-23E-9 – Abortion or Reproductive Health Center Requiremetns.
Section 26-23E-9 Abortion or reproductive health center requiremetns. An abortion or reproductive health center shall be classified as ambulatory health care occupancy and shall meet all standards in the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code 2000 edition, or such standards in any later edition of the NFPA 101 Life Safety Code that the Board of Health […]
Section 26-23E-10 – Paternity Inquiries of Pregnant Minor Child; Reporting Requirements.
Section 26-23E-10 Paternity inquiries of pregnant minor child; reporting requirements. (a) Any minor child under the age of 16 seeking an abortion from an abortion or reproductive health care facility shall be asked by the physician performing the abortion or his or her agent to state the name and age of the individual who is […]
Section 26-23E-1 – Short Title.
Section 26-23E-1 Short title. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Women’s Health and Safety Act.” (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §1.)
Section 26-23E-2 – Legislative Findings.
Section 26-23E-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) That the percentage of abortion or reproductive health centers that have been subject to adverse licensure action vastly exceeds the percentage of facilities in any other category that have similarly been subject to adverse licensure actions. This alarming level of regulatory non-compliance among […]