HB223 Summary

• Only physicians may perform abortions; a registered professional nurse must supervise all nursing care during preparation, procedure, recovery, and discharge.

• Physician must remain on premises until all patients are discharged and must have hospital staff privileges for dilation and curettage, laparotomy, hysterectomy, and other abortion-related complication procedures.

• Physician prescribing abortion-inducing drugs must first examine the patient in person and document gestational age and intrauterine location of pregnancy in the medical chart.

• Facilities constructed or renovated after the act's effective date must comply with NFPA 101 Life Safety Code 2000 standards for ambulatory health care occupancy; existing facilities have 12 months to submit compliance plans.

• Violations constitute Class C felonies for non-physicians performing abortions or prescribing abortion-inducing drugs without in-person examination; facility administrators knowingly permitting violations face Class C felonies; reporting violations regarding minor patients to law enforcement is a Class A misdemeanor.