| H.__A registered professional nurse licensed under Title 32, | chapter 31; or |
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| I.__A practical nurse licensed under Title 32, chapter 31. |
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| A counselor may not be a person who is employed by any person or | organization that either provides abortion services or makes | abortion referrals to a person or organization that provides | abortion services. |
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| | 2.__Parent.__"Parent" means one of a pregnant minor's parents | or a pregnant minor's guardian or custodian. |
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| | 3.__Physician.__"Physician" means a person licensed under | Title 32, chapter 36 or 48 to practice medicine in the State as | an osteopathic or medical physician. |
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| | 4.__Trial court.__"Trial court" means a District Court in | whose district a pregnant minor has her residence, a District | Court in whose district a hospital, clinic or other facility in | which an abortion might be performed or induced is located, a | Probate Court in whose county a pregnant minor has her residence | or a Probate Court in whose county a hospital, clinic or other | facility in which an abortion might be performed or induced is | located. |
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| | 5.__Unemancipated.__"Unemancipated" means unmarried, under 18 | years of age, not in the Armed Forces of the United States and | not employed full time, not self-subsisting or not otherwise | independent from the care and control of a parent. |
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| §1600-A.__Parental notification required; exceptions |
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| | 1.__Prerequisites to abortion.__A physician may not knowingly | perform or induce an abortion for a pregnant minor who is | unemancipated unless one of the following applies: |
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| A.__The physician has given a 24-hour notice, in person or | by telephone, to the minor's parent of the intention to | perform or induce the abortion and an adult accompanies the | minor to the office of the physician at the time of the | abortion; |
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| B.__A trial court has issued an order under Title 14, section | 8404 authorizing the minor to consent to the abortion and an | adult accompanies the minor to the office of the physician at the | time of the abortion, or a trial court, by its inaction, | constructively has authorized the pregnant minor to consent to | the abortion without notification of her parent pursuant to Title | 14, section 8403, subsection 1 or |
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