HB 2371 Summary

• Removes language from Arizona Revised Statutes § 32-1606 that prohibited the Board of Nursing from deciding scope of practice relating to abortion, allowing the board to establish rules for nurse practitioner scope of practice without abortion-related restrictions.

• Removes prohibition in § 32-2532 that prevented physician assistants from prescribing medication intended to perform or induce an abortion.

• Amends § 36-2153 to change informed consent requirements for abortion from requiring the physician to inform the woman in person to allowing the woman to be informed through other means, maintaining the 24-hour reflection period before abortion.

• Repeals § 36-3604 entirely, eliminating a prior statutory provision related to abortion practices.