Section 145.4132 Recording and Reporting Abortion Complication Data

MINNESOTA STATUTES AND CODES

Section 145.4132 Recording and Reporting Abortion Complication Data

145.4132 RECORDING AND REPORTING ABORTION COMPLICATION DATA.

Subdivision 1.Forms.

(a) Within 90 days of July 1, 1998, the commissioner shall prepare an abortion complication reporting form for all physicians licensed and practicing in the state. A copy of this section shall be attached to the form.

(b) The Board of Medical Practice shall ensure that the abortion complication reporting form is distributed:

(1) to all physicians licensed to practice in the state, within 120 days after July 1, 1998, and by December 1 of each subsequent year; and

(2) to a physician who is newly licensed to practice in the state, at the same time as official notification to the physician that the physician is so licensed.

Subd. 2.Required reporting.

A physician licensed and practicing in the state who knowingly encounters an illness or injury that, in the physician's medical judgment, is related to an induced abortion or the facility where the illness or injury is encountered shall complete and submit an abortion complication reporting form to the commissioner.

Subd. 3.Submission.

A physician or facility required to submit an abortion complication reporting form to the commissioner shall do so as soon as practicable after the encounter with the abortion-related illness or injury.

Subd. 4.Additional reporting.

Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the voluntary or required submission of other reports or forms regarding abortion complications.