Bill Text: IN SB0340 | 2012 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Physical plant requirements for abortion clinics.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2012-01-10 - Senator Kruse added as coauthor [SB0340 Detail]
Download: Indiana-2012-SB0340-Introduced.html
Citations Affected: IC 16-18-2; IC 16-21-2-2.6.
Synopsis: Physical plant requirements for abortion clinics. Sets forth
certain safety and health requirements that an abortion clinic must
meet. Specifies that existing licensed abortion clinics must meet the
safety and health requirements. Requires the state department of health
to inspect an abortion clinic at least one time per year.
Effective: July 1, 2012.
January 9, 2012, read first time and referred to Committee on Health and Provider
Services.
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(1) performs surgical abortion procedures; or
(2) provides abortion inducing drugs to induce an abortion.
(b) The term does not include the following:
(1) A hospital that is licensed as a hospital under IC 16-21-2.
(2) An ambulatory outpatient surgical center that is licensed as an ambulatory outpatient surgical center under IC 16-21-2.
(3) A physician's office as long as:
(A) the surgical procedures performed at the physician's office are not primarily surgical abortion procedures; and
(B) abortion inducing drugs are not the primarily dispensed or prescribed drug at the physician's office.
1, 2012]: Sec. 1.6. (a) "Abortion inducing drug"means a medicine,
drug, or substance prescribed or dispensed with the intent of
terminating a clinically diagnosable pregnancy with the knowledge
that the termination will, with reasonable likelihood, cause the
death of the fetus. The term includes the off-label use of a drug
known to have abortion inducing properties if the drug is
prescribed with the intent of causing an abortion.
(b) The term does not include a drug or substance that may be
known to cause an abortion when the drug is being prescribed for
another medical indication.
(b) An abortion clinic must meet the following requirements:
(1) Be constructed, arranged, modified, or maintained to ensure the safety and well-being of patients, employees, and visitors to the clinic.
(2) Provide a physical plant and equipment that meet state fire prevention and building safety codes or rules established by the fire prevention and building safety commission or the state department.
(3) Provide a safe and healthy environment that minimizes infection exposure and risk to patients, employees, and visitors to the clinic.
(c) The state department shall inspect an abortion clinic at least one (1) time per calendar year.
(d) Beginning January 1, 2013, 410 IAC 26-17-2(f) is void. The publisher of the Indiana Administrative Code shall remove this provision from the Indiana Administrative Code.