410 IAC 26-13-2 - Surgical abortion services

Authority: IC 16-21-1-7; IC 16-21-2-2.5

Affected: IC 16-21-1; IC 16-21-2

Sec. 2.

(a) Surgical abortion services must be provided in accordance with acceptable standards of practice and safety.

(b) Surgical abortions shall be performed by a physician.

(c) A physician must:

(1) either be:

(A) present in the clinic; or

(B) immediately available to the staff by telecommunications;

when there is a patient in the clinic; and

(2) remain in the clinic until all postsurgical abortion patients are determined by a physician to be stable.

(d) The clinic must develop, implement, and maintain written policies governing surgical abortion services designed to assure the achievement and maintenance of appropriate standards of medical and patient care.

(e) Procedures for surgical abortion must include preprocedure testing that includes, but is not limited to, the following:

(1) On-site proof of pregnancy as evidenced by:

(A) a pregnancy test;

(B) a copy of a pregnancy test; or

(C) an ultrasound;

and documented on the medical record.

(2) Verification and documentation of gestational age.

(3) Hematocrit or hemoglobin.

(4) Rh typing.

(5) Completion of the abortion documented by:

(A) ultrasonography; or

(B) other clinical means.

(6) Provision of follow-up examination and services as indicated.

Notes

410 IAC 26-13-2

Indiana State Department of Health; 410 IAC 26-13-2; filed May 11, 2006, 9:36 a.m.: 29 IR 3368; readopted filed Jul 12, 2012, 12:08 p.m.: 20120808-IR-410120196RFA Readopted filed 9/26/2018, 2:48 p.m.: 20181024-IR-410180328RFA