Effective – 28 Aug 2019 188.044. Drug or chemical used to induce abortion, warning of birth defects, disability, or other injury — tail insurance required, amount. — 1. When a drug or chemical, or combination thereof, used by a person to induce an abortion carries a warning from its manufacturer or distributor, a peer-reviewed medical […]
Effective – 24 Oct 2017, 2 histories 188.047. Tissue submitted for examination — pathologist to file report, copies furnished — department to reconcile notice of abortion to tissue report — annual report required, contents — rulemaking authority. — 1. All tissue, except that tissue needed for purposes described in subsection 5 of this section, removed […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2019, 2 histories 188.052. Physician’s report on abortion and post-abortion care, when — department to publish statistics. — 1. An individual abortion report for each abortion performed or induced upon a woman shall be completed by the physician who performed or induced the abortion. Abortion reports shall include, but not be […]
Effective – 29 Jun 1979 188.055. Forms to be supplied to health facilities and physicians. — 1. Every abortion facility, hospital, and physician shall be supplied with forms by the department of health and senior services for use in regards to the consents and reports required by sections 188.010 to 188.085. A purpose and function […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2019 188.056. Abortion prohibited after eight weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no abortion shall be performed or induced upon a woman at eight weeks gestational age or later, except in cases of […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2019 188.057. Abortion prohibited after fourteen weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no abortion shall be performed or induced upon a woman at fourteen weeks gestational age or later, except in cases of […]
Effective – 28 Aug 2019 188.058. Abortion prohibited after eighteen weeks gestational age, exception for medical emergency — violation, penalty — severability clause. — 1. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, no abortion shall be performed or induced upon a woman at eighteen weeks gestational age or later, except in cases of […]
Effective – 29 Jun 1979 188.060. Records to be retained for seven years. — All medical records, reports, and other documents required to be kept under sections 188.010 to 188.085 shall be maintained in the permanent files of the abortion facility or hospital in which the abortion was performed for a period of seven years. […]
Effective – 14 Jun 1974 188.065. Revocation of license, when. — Any practitioner of medicine, surgery, or nursing, or other health personnel who shall willfully and knowingly do or assist any action made unlawful by sections 188.010 to 188.085 shall be subject to having his license, application for license, or authority to practice his profession […]
Effective – 14 Jun 1974 188.070. Breach of confidentiality prohibited. — Any physician or other person who fails to maintain the confidentiality of any records or reports required under sections 188.010 to 188.085 is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be punished as provided by law. ——– (L. 1974 H.B. 1211 § 13) […]
Effective – 24 Oct 2017, 2 histories 188.075. Violation of sections 188.010 to 188.085 a class A misdemeanor — affirmative defense — jurisdiction of attorney general. — 1. Any person who contrary to the provisions of sections 188.010 to 188.085 knowingly performs, induces, or aids in the performance or inducing of any abortion or knowingly […]
Effective – 15 Sep 2005 188.080. Abortion performed by other than a physician with clinical privileges at a hospital, a felony. — Any person who is not a physician who performs or induces or attempts to perform or induce an abortion on another is guilty of a class B felony, and, upon conviction, shall be […]
Effective – 14 Jun 1974 188.085. Sections 188.010 to 188.085 not to be deemed exclusive of other regulations or remedies. — Nothing in sections 188.010 to 188.085 shall be construed to exempt any person, firm, or corporation from civil liability for medical malpractice for negligent acts or certification under sections 188.010 to 188.085. ——– (L. […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1986 188.100. Definitions. — Unless the language or context clearly indicates a different meaning is intended, the following words or phrases for the purposes of sections 188.100 to 188.120 shall mean: (1) “Employer”, the state, or any political or civil subdivision thereof, or any person employing two or more persons within […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1986 188.105. Discrimination by employer prohibited because of failure of employee to participate in abortion — exceptions. — 1. It shall be unlawful: (1) For an employer: (a) To fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his or […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1986 188.110. Discrimination by colleges, universities and hospitals prohibited — no requirement to pay fees, when. — 1. No public or private college, university or hospital shall discriminate against any person for refusal to participate in abortion. 2. No applicant, student, teacher, or employee of any school shall be required to […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1986 188.115. Severability clause. — If any provision of sections 188.100 to 188.120 is found by a court of competent jurisdiction to be invalid or unconstitutional as applied to a specific person or class of persons, the provisions of sections 188.100 to 188.120 shall remain in full force and effect as […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1986 188.120. Cause of action for violation of discrimination laws, treble damages, attorney’s fees. — Any individual injured by any person, association, corporation, or entity by reason of any action prohibited by sections 188.100 to 188.120, as now or hereafter amended, may commence a civil cause of action against the person, […]
Effective – 24 Oct 2017 188.125. Alternatives to abortion agency, intent to acknowledge certain right of — state preemption, when — actions to enforce, authorized relief — definitions. — 1. It is the intent of the general assembly to acknowledge the right of an alternatives to abortion agency to operate freely and engage in speech […]
Effective – 28 Aug 1986 188.130. No cause of action for wrongful life. — 1. No person shall maintain a cause of action or receive an award of damages on behalf of himself or herself based on the claim that but for the negligent conduct of another, he or she would have been aborted. 2. […]
