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AZ HB2649

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/13/2013

Primary Sponsor

Sally Gonzales

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Origin

House of Representatives

Fifty-first Legislature - First Regular Session (2013)

AI Summary

  • Amends nursing board authority to exclude decision-making over scope of practice relating to abortion, removing language that previously allowed the board to regulate abortion-related acts by registered nurse practitioners.

  • Prohibits physician assistants from prescribing, administering, or dispensing prescription medication intended to perform or induce abortion.

  • Modifies abortion informed consent requirements by changing language from "the physician who is to perform the abortion or the referring physician has informed" to "has been informed" and removing the requirement that information be provided "orally and in person" in at least one instance.

  • Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a website within 90 days describing unborn child development and listing agencies offering alternatives to abortion.

  • Repeals section 36-3604 of Arizona Revised Statutes (specific content not detailed in the provided text).

Legislative Description

Abortion; permitted practices

Last Action

Referred to House RHS Committee

2/14/2013

Full Bill Text

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