HLS 16RS-892 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
HOUSE BILL NO. 488
BY REPRESENTATIVE JACKSON
ABORTION: Provides relative to qualifications of physicians who perform elective
abortions
1 AN ACT
2To amend and reenact R.S. 40:1061.10(A)(1), relative to regulation of abortion; to provide
3 for qualifications of physicians who perform elective abortions; and to provide for
4 related matters.
5Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:1061.10(A)(1) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as
7follows:
8 ยง1061.10. Abortion by physician; determination of viability; ultrasound test
9 required; exceptions; penalties
10 A.(1) Physician requirements. No person shall perform or induce an
11 abortion unless that person is a physician licensed to practice medicine in the state
12 of Louisiana and is currently enrolled in or has completed a residency board-certified
13 or board-eligible in obstetrics and gynecology or family medicine. Any outpatient
14 abortion facility that knowingly or negligently employs, contracts with, or provides
15 any valuable consideration for the performance of an abortion in an outpatient
16 abortion facility by any person who does not meet the requirements of this Section
17 is subject to having its license denied, non-renewed, or revoked by the Department
18 of Health and Hospitals in accord with R.S. 40:2175.6.
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are additions. HLS 16RS-892 ORIGINAL
HB NO. 488
DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
HB 488 Original 2016 Regular Session Jackson
Abstract: Increases stringency of qualifications required of physicians who perform
elective abortions.
Present law provides that no person shall perform or induce an elective abortion unless that
person is a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state and is currently enrolled in
or has completed a residency in obstetrics and gynecology or family medicine.
Proposed law revises present law to provide that no person shall perform or induce an
elective abortion unless that person is a physician licensed to practice medicine in this state
and is board-certified or board-eligible in obstetrics and gynecology or family medicine.
(Amends R.S. 40:1061.10(A)(1))
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