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AZ HB2649
Bill
Status
2/13/2013
Primary Sponsor
Sally Gonzales
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AI Summary
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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.
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Prohibits physician assistants from prescribing, administering, or dispensing prescription medication intended to perform or induce abortion.
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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.
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Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a website within 90 days describing unborn child development and listing agencies offering alternatives to abortion.
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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