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2006 SESSION
HB 189 Abortion clinics; regulations and licensure.
Introduced by: Robert G. Marshall | all patrons ... notes | add to my profiles | history
SUMMARY AS PASSED HOUSE:
Licensure of abortion clinics. Requires all abortion clinics, defined as any facility, other than a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center, in which 25 or more first trimester abortions are performed in any 12-month period, to be licensed and to comply with the requirements currently in place for ambulatory surgery centers, except the requirement for a certificate of public need. The Board of Health may also waive certain structural requirements.
SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:
Licensure of abortion clinics. Requires all abortion clinics, defined as any facility, other than a hospital or an ambulatory surgery center, in which 25 or more first trimester abortions are performed in any 12-month period, to be licensed and to comply with the requirements currently in place for ambulatory surgery centers.