26-23E-9
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 may adopt for facilities classified as
ambulatory health care occupancy. Not later than December 28, 2013, each licensed abortion
or reproductive health center shall submit to the Department of Public Health architectural
drawings and plans and sprinkler system plans and such other materials as may be required
to show compliance or prospective compliance with the applicable life safety code. These shall
be submitted and reviewed pursuant to the Board of Health Rules for Plan Review, including
the payment of plan review fees. Not later than July 1, 2014, each abortion or reproductive
health center shall obtain from the Department of Public Health a...
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26-23E-2
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 abortion and reproductive health centers in Alabama puts abortion patients at unreasonable
risk. (2) At abortion or reproductive health centers, patients are often treated in a manner
inconsistent with a traditional physician/patient relationship. (3) Abortion or reproductive
health centers are not operated in the same manner as ambulatory surgical treatment centers
or physician offices. (4) Abortion involves not only a surgical procedure with the usual risks
attending surgery, but also involves the taking of human life. (5) Abortion is a highly personal
and very sensitive procedure which results in stress...
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25-12-7
Section 25-12-7 Exceptions. (a) This chapter shall not apply to the following boilers and pressure
vessels: (1) Boilers and pressure vessels under federal control or under regulations of Title
49 of the Code of Federal Regulations, Parts 192 and 193. (2) Pressure vessels used for transportation
and storage of compressed or liquefied gases when constructed in compliance with specifications
of the United States Department of Transportation and when charged with gas or liquid, marked,
maintained, and periodically requalified for use, as required by appropriate regulations of
the United States Department of Transportation. (3) Pressure vessels located on vehicles operating
under the rules of other state or federal authorities and used for carrying passengers or
freight. (4) Air tanks installed on the right of way of railroads and used directly in the
operation of trains. (5) Pressure vessels that do not exceed any of the following weights
and measures: a. Five cubic feet in volume and 250...
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26-23E-6
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.)...
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26-23E-5
Section 26-23E-5 Nursing care. At all times during procedures in an abortion or reproductive
health center, nursing care shall be under the supervision of a registered professional nurse
currently licensed in Alabama. At least one registered professional nurse shall be on duty
to provide or supervise all nursing care of patients in preparation for and during the abortion
procedure, during the recovery period, and through the initial discharge by the attending
physician. Other nursing service personnel shall remain on duty as required to meet the needs
of each patient. (Act 2013-79, p. 165, §5.)...
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26-23E-4
Section 26-23E-4 Physician requirements. (a) Only a physician may perform an abortion. (b)
During and after an abortion procedure performed at an abortion or reproductive health center,
a physician must remain on the premises until all patients are discharged. The discharge order
must be signed by the physician. Prior to discharge from the facility, the patient shall be
provided with the name and telephone number of the physician who will provide care in the
event of complications, and the name of the medications given at the abortion clinic. (c)
Every physician referenced in this section shall have staff privileges at an acute care hospital
within the same standard metropolitan statistical area as the facility is located that permit
him or her to perform dilation and curettage, laparotomy procedures, hysterectomy, and any
other procedures reasonably necessary to treat abortion-related complications. (Act 2013-79,
p. 165, §4.)...
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26-23E-10
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 believed to be the father of the unborn
child. While the minor child may refuse to provide the father's name and age, she should be
encouraged to do so by the physician or agent consistent with the physician's legal obligation
to reduce the incidence of child abuse when there is reason to suspect that it has occurred.
(b) In addition to any other abuse reporting requirements that may apply to the staff of an
abortion or reproductive health center, if the reported age of the father is two or more years
greater than the age of the minor child, the facility shall report the names of the pregnant
minor child and the father to both local law enforcement and the county...
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26-23E-8
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 the recommended guidelines for follow-up care, requirements
for recovery area, assessment for discharge, reporting requirements, and registration requirements.
(Act 2013-79, p. 165, §8.)...
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26-23E-3
Section 26-23E-3 Definitions. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following
meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any
other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known to be
pregnant with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood
cause the death of the unborn child. Such use or prescription is not an abortion if done with
the intent to save the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn
child, or to deliver the unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health of both
the mother (pregnant woman) and her unborn child. The term abortion as used in this chapter,
does not include a procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman with an ectopic
pregnancy, nor does it include the procedure or act to terminate the pregnancy of a woman
when the unborn child has a lethal anomaly. For the purposes of this chapter,...
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26-23A-3
Section 26-23A-3 Definitions. For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the
following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug,
or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a woman known
to be pregnant. Such use or prescription is not an abortion if done with the intent to save
the life or preserve the health of an unborn child, remove a dead unborn child, or to deliver
an unborn child prematurely in order to preserve the health of both the mother (pregnant woman)
and her unborn child. (2) CONCEPTION. The fusion of a human spermatozoon with a human ovum.
(3) EMANCIPATED MINOR. Any minor who is or has been married or has by court order otherwise
been legally freed from the care, custody, and control of her parents. (4) GESTATIONAL AGE.
The time that has elapsed since the first day of the woman's last menstrual period. (5) MEDICAL
EMERGENCY. That condition which, on the basis of the physician's...
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