Reference is to the bill as introduced.
Amend the bill, as and if amended, SECTION 2, by striking Section 44-41-680 in its entirety and inserting:
/ Section 44-41-680.
(A) Section 44-41-670
does not apply to a physician who performs or induces the
abortion if the physician determines according to standard
medical practice that a medical emergency exists that prevents
compliance with that section or that the pregnancy resulted from
rape or incest.
(B) A physician who
performs or induces an abortion on a pregnant woman based on an
exception in subsection (A) shall make written notations in the
pregnant woman's medical records of the following:
(1)(a)
the physician's belief that a medical emergency
necessitating the abortion existed; and
(b)
the medical condition of the pregnant woman that
assertedly prevented compliance with Section 44-41-670; or
(2)
the physician's belief that the pregnancy resulted from
rape of incest.
(C) For at least seven
years from the date the notations are made, the physician shall
maintain in the physician's own records a copy of the notations.
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amend the bill further, as and if amended, SECTION 2, by striking Section 44-41-710 in its entirety and inserting:
/ Section 44-41-710.
(A) Section 44-41-700
does not apply to a physician who performs a medical procedure
that, in reasonable medical judgment, is designed or intended to
prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious
risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major
bodily function of the pregnant woman or is designed or intended
to terminate a pregnancy that resulted from rape or incest.
(B)(1) A physician who
performs a medical procedure as described in subsection (A)
shall declare, in a written document, that the medical procedure
is necessary, in reasonable medical judgment, to:
(a)
prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a
serious risk of the substantial and irreversible physical
impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman;
or
(b)
terminate a pregnancy that resulted from rape or
incest.
(2)
In the document, the physician shall:
(a)
specify the pregnant woman's medical condition that the
medical procedure is asserted to address and the medical
rationale for the physician's conclusion that the medical
procedure is necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant
woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and
irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the
pregnant woman; or
(b)
specify the medical rational for the physician's
conclusion that the medical procedure is necessary to terminate
a pregnancy that resulted from rape or incest.
(C) A physician who
performs a medical procedure as described in subsection (A)
shall place the written document required by subsection (B) in
the pregnant woman's medical records. For at least seven years
from the date the document is created, the physician shall
maintain a copy of the document in the physician's own records.
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Renumber sections to conform.
Amend title to conform.