| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1596, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, | | c. 274, §1, is amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Abortion reports. A report of each abortion performed | shall | forms prescribed by the department. These report forms shall | may not identify the patient by name or otherwise and shall | | may contain only the information requested on the United | | States Standard Report of Induced Termination of Pregnancy, | | published by the National Center for Health Statistics, dated | | January 1978, or any more recent revision of a standard report | | form. |
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| | The form containing that information and data shall | | prepared and signed by the attending physician and transmitted | | to the department not later than 10 days following the end of | | the month in which the abortion is performed. |
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| | A physician who reports data on an abortion pursuant to this | section shall be immune from any criminal liability for that | abortion under section 1598. |
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| | | This bill eliminates the provision that provides immunity | | from criminal liability for an abortion to a physician who | | reports data on that abortion. |
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