In this subdivision:
I. "
Abortion
" means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device intentionally to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant with an intention other than to increase the probability of a live birth, to preserve the life or health of the child after live birth, or to remove an ectopic pregnancy or the products from a spontaneous miscarriage.
II. "
Commissioner
" means the commissioner of the department of health and human services.
III. "
Department
" means the department of health and human services.
IV. "
Emancipated minor
" means any minor female who is or has been married or has by court order otherwise been freed from the care, custody, and control of her parents.
V. "
Guardian
" means the guardian or conservator appointed under RSA 464-A, for pregnant females.
VI. "
Minor
" means any person under the age of 18 years.
VII. "
Parent
" means one parent of the pregnant girl if one is living or the guardian or conservator if the pregnant girl has one.
VIII. "
Medical emergency
" means a condition that, on the basis of the physician’s good-faith clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant woman as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.
Source. 2011, 205:2, eff. Jan. 1, 2012.