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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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26-21-1
compelling state interests of: (1) protecting minors against their own immaturity, (2) fostering
the family structure and preserving it as a viable social unit, and (3) protecting the rights
of parents to rear children who are members of their household. (b) The Legislature finds
as fact that: (1) immature minors often lack the ability to make fully informed choices that
take account of both immediate and long-range consequences, (2) the medical, emotional, and
psychological consequences of abortion are serious and can be lasting, particularly
when the patient is immature, (3) the capacity to become pregnant and the capacity for mature
judgment concerning the wisdom of an abortion are not necessarily related, (4) parents
ordinarily possess information essential to a physician's exercise of his or her best medical
judgment concerning the child, and (5) parents who are aware that their minor daughter has
had an abortion may better insure that she receives adequate medical attention after...
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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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27-49-2
Section 27-49-2 Legislative findings. The Legislature finds that the specialty of obstetrics
and gynecology is devoted to primary and preventive health care of women throughout their
lifetime. Significant numbers of women view their obstetrician and gynecologist as their primary
or only physician. For many women, an obstetrician or gynecologist is often the only physician
they see regularly during their reproductive years. A general medical examination was the
second most frequently cited purpose for patient visits to obstetricians and gynecologists
in 1989 and 1990. Obstetricians and gynecologists refer their patients less frequently than
other primary care physicians, thus avoiding costly and time consuming referrals to specialists.
Accordingly, it is the intent of the Legislature that women enrolled or covered by health
benefit plans have direct access to the services of a participating obstetrician or a participating
gynecologist. (Acts 1996, No. 96-671, p. 1135, §2.)...
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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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26-23A-2
Section 26-23A-2 Legislative findings; purpose. (a) The Legislature of the State of Alabama
finds that: (1) It is essential to the psychological and physical well-being of a woman considering
an abortion that she receive complete and accurate information on her alternatives.
(2) Most abortions are performed in clinics devoted solely to providing abortions and family
planning services. Most women who seek abortions at these facilities do not have any relationship
with the physician who performs the abortion, before or after the procedure. Most women
do not return to the facility for post-surgical care. In most instances, the woman's only
actual contact with the physician occurs simultaneously with the abortion procedure,
with little opportunity to receive counseling concerning her decision. (3) The decision to
abort is an important, and often a stressful one, and it is desirable and imperative that
it be made with full knowledge of its nature and consequences. The medical, emotional,...
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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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34-9-6.1
Section 34-9-6.1 Mobile dental facilities or portable dental operations. (a) For purposes of
this section, the following words have the following meanings: (1) DENTAL HOME. The dental
home is the ongoing relationship between the dentist and the patient, inclusive of all aspects
of oral health care, delivered in a comprehensive, continuously accessible, coordinated, and
family-centered way. (2) MOBILE DENTAL FACILITY. Any self-contained facility in which dentistry
or dental hygiene is practiced which may be moved, towed, or transported from one location
to another. (3) OPERATOR. A person licensed to practice dentistry in this state or an entity
which is approved as tax exempt under Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code which
employs dentists licensed in the state to operate a mobile dental facility or portable dental
operation. (4) PORTABLE DENTAL OPERATION. The use of portable dental delivery equipment which
is set up on site to provide dental services outside of a mobile...
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22-18-50
Section 22-18-50 Enactment and text of Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate
Compact. The Emergency Medical Services Personnel Licensure Interstate Compact is hereby enacted
into law and entered into with all other jurisdictions legally joining therein in form substantially
as follows: SECTION 1. PURPOSE In order to protect the public through verification of competency
and ensure accountability for patient care related activities all states license emergency
medical services (EMS) personnel, such as emergency medical technicians (EMTs), advanced EMTs
and paramedics. This Compact is intended to facilitate the day to day movement of EMS personnel
across state boundaries in the performance of their EMS duties as assigned by an appropriate
authority and authorize state EMS offices to afford immediate legal recognition to EMS personnel
licensed in a member state. This Compact recognizes that states have a vested interest in
protecting the public's health and safety...
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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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