| Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | Sec. 1. 22 MRSA §1596, sub-§2, as repealed and replaced by PL 1989, | c. 274, §1, is amended to read: |
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| | 2. Abortion reports. A report of each abortion performed | shall must be made to the Department of Human Services on | forms prescribed by the department. These report forms shall | may not identify the patient by name or otherwise and shall | may contain only the information requested on the United | States Standard Report of Induced Termination of Pregnancy, | published by the National Center for Health Statistics, dated | January 1978, or any more recent revision of a standard report | form. |
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| The form containing that information and data shall must be | prepared and signed by the attending physician and transmitted | to the department not later than 10 days following the end of | the month in which the abortion is performed. The department | shall publish and make available to the public such | information and data within 60 days from the end of the | calendar year for which they were reported. |
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| A physician who reports data on an abortion pursuant to this | section shall be immune from any criminal liability for that | abortion under section 1598. |
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| The report forms must be completely filled out.__Any portion | of the form that is optional must be clearly marked.__The form | must include the name of the physician, the date of the | abortion, the date of the last menses, if known, the estimated | age of the fetus and the procedure used in the abortion.__The | form may require the reporting of other information. |
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| A person who violates this subsection must be reported by the | department to the Board of Licensure in Medicine within 30 | days of each violation.__For the purposes of this subsection, | each incomplete report is a separate violation. |
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| The department shall adopt rules to implement this subsection.__ | Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine | technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter | 2-A. |
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| The department shall publish the name of every person reported | to the Board of Licensure in Medicine and the number of times | the person violated this subsection.__This information must be | available to the public within 60 days from the end of the | calendar year for which it was reported. |
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