Conn. Agencies Regs. § 19-13-D54 - Abortions
(a) No abortion shall be performed at any
stage of pregnancy except by a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery
in the State of Connecticut.
(b)
All induced abortions will be reported within seven days by the physician
performing the procedure to the state commissioner of public health who will
maintain such reports in a confidential file and use them only for statistical
purposes except in cases involving licensure. Such reports will specify date of
abortion, place where performed, age of woman and town and state of residence,
approximate duration of pregnancy, method of abortion, and explanation of any
complications. The name of the woman will not be given. These records will be
destroyed within two years after date of receipt. In addition, a fetal death
certificate shall be filed for each fetus born dead which is the result of
gestation of not less than twenty weeks, or a live birth certificate shall be
filed for each fetus born alive regardless of gestational age, as provided in
sections
7-48
and
7-60 of
the Connecticut General Statutes. If a live born fetus subsequently dies, a
death certificate shall be filed as provided in section
7-62b
of the Connecticut General Statutes.
(c) All induced abortions after the second
trimester as verified by ultrasound, last menstrual period and pelvic exam,
shall be done only in a licensed hospital with a department of obstetrics and
gynecology and a department of anesthesiology.
(d) All outpatient clinics operated by
corporations or municipalities where abortions are performed shall develop
standards to control the quality of medical care provided to women having
abortions. These standards shall include but not necessarily be limited to:
(1) verification of pregnancy and
determination of duration of pregnancy;
(2) pre-operative instruction and
counseling;
(3) operative
permission and informed consent;
(4) pre-operative history and physical
examination;
(5) pre-operative
laboratory procedure for blood Rh factor;
(6) prevention of Rh sensitization;
(7) examination of the tissue by a
pathologist;
(8) receiving and
recovery room facilities;
(9) a
standard operating room;
(10)
post-operative counseling including family planning; and
(11) a permanent record.
(e) There shall be a mechanism for continuing
review to evaluate the quality of records and the quality of clinical work.
This review shall include all deaths, complications, infections and such other
cases as shall be determined by the chief of the department of obstetrics and
gynecology of the hospital or the clinic medical director.
(f) No person shall be required to
participate in any phase of an abortion that violates his or her judgment,
philosophical, moral or religious beliefs.
(g) If the newborn shows signs of life
following an abortion, those measures used to support life in a premature
infant shall be employed.
(h)
During the third trimester of pregnancy, abortions may be performed only when
necessary to preserve the life or health of the expectant mother.
Notes
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