2919.171.
Physician's report to department on attempted or completed abortions
| (A) |
| (1) |
A
physician who performs or induces or attempts to perform or induce an abortion
on a pregnant woman shall submit a report to the department of health in
accordance with the forms, rules, and regulations adopted by the department
that includes all of the information the physician is required to certify in
writing or determine under section 2919.17 ,
section 2919.18, divisions (A) and (C) of section
2919.192,
division (C) of section
2919.193,
division (B) of section 2919.195, or division (A) of section 2919.196 of
the Revised Code. |
| (2) |
If a person other than the physician described in
division (A)(1) of this section makes or maintains a record required by
sections
2919.192
to 2919.196 of the Revised Code on the physician's behalf or at the physician's
direction, that person shall comply with the reporting requirement described in
division (A)(1) of this section as if the person were the physician described
in that division. |
|
| (B) |
By
September 30 of each year, the department of health shall issue a public report
that provides statistics for the previous calendar year compiled from all of
the reports covering that calendar year submitted to the department in
accordance with this section for each of the items listed in division (A) of
this section. The report shall also provide the statistics for each previous
calendar year in which a report was filed with the department pursuant to this
section, adjusted to reflect any additional information that a physician
provides to the department in a late or corrected report. The department shall
ensure that none of the information included in the report could reasonably
lead to the identification of any pregnant woman upon whom an abortion is
performed. |
| (C) |
| (1) |
The
physician shall submit the report described in division (A) of this section to
the department of health within fifteen days after the woman is discharged. If
the physician fails to submit the report more than thirty days after that
fifteen-day deadline, the physician shall be subject to a late fee of five
hundred dollars for each additional thirty-day period or portion of a
thirty-day period the report is overdue. A physician who is required to submit
to the department of health a report under division (A) of this section and who
has not submitted a report or has submitted an incomplete report more than one
year following the fifteen-day deadline may, in an action brought by the
department of health, be directed by a court of competent jurisdiction to
submit a complete report to the department of health within a period of time
stated in a court order or be subject to contempt of court. |
| (2) |
If a
physician fails to comply with the requirements of this section, other than
filing a late report with the department of health, or fails to submit a
complete report to the department of health in accordance with a court order,
the physician is subject to division (B)(44) of section
4731.22
of the Revised Code. |
| (3) |
No person
shall falsify any report required under this section. Whoever violates this
division is guilty of abortion report falsification, a misdemeanor of the first
degree. |
|
| (D) |
The department of health shall
adopt rules pursuant to section
111.15
of the Revised Code to assist in compliance with this section. |
Cite as (Casemaker) R.C. § 2919.171
History. Amended by
133rd General Assembly File No. 2, SB 23, §1,
eff. 7/11/2019.
Amended by
131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 216, §1,
eff. 4/6/2017.
Amended by
131st General Assembly File No. TBD, HB 493, §1,
eff. 3/14/2017 (VETOED).
Added by
129th General AssemblyFile No.45, HB 78,
§1, eff.
10/20/2011.