(a) Only a physician may perform an abortion.
(b) During and after an abortion procedure performed at an abortion or reproductive health center, a physician must remain on the premises until all patients are discharged. The discharge order must be signed by the physician. Prior to discharge from the facility, the patient shall be provided with the name and telephone number of the physician who will provide care in the event of complications, and the name of the medications given at the abortion clinic.
(c) Every physician referenced in this section shall have staff privileges at an acute care hospital within the same standard metropolitan statistical area as the facility is located that permit him or her to perform dilation and curettage, laparotomy procedures, hysterectomy, and any other procedures reasonably necessary to treat abortion-related complications.
(Act 2013-79, p. 165, §4.)
Notes of Decisions
Planned Parenthood Se., Inc. v. Strange, 33 F. Supp. 3d 1330 (M.D. Ala. 2014).
· cites it 9× “They sued the Attorney General of Alabama, the District Attorneys for Montgomery, Jefferson, and Mobile Counties, and the State’s Chief Medical Officer, challenging the constitutionality of Alabama’s staff-privileges requirement, codified at 1975 Ala.Code § 26-23E-4(c).…”
Planned Parenthood Se., Inc. v. Strange, 9 F. Supp. 3d 1272 (M.D. Ala. 2014).
· cites it 13× “The plaintiffs argue that if subsection 4(c) of 1975 Ala.Code § 26-23E-4 takes effect, they will not be able to comply, and their clinics will be forced to stop providing abortions.”
West Alabama Women's Ctr. v. Williamson, 120 F. Supp. 3d 1296 (M.D. Ala. 2015).
· cites it 2× “The new statute, 1975 Ala.Code § 26-23E-4(c), required that every physician performing abortions have admitting privileges at a local hospital.”
— Ala. Code § 26-23E-4(c) — 3 cases
Planned Parenthood Se., Inc. v. Strange, 33 F. Supp. 3d 1330 (M.D. Ala. 2014).
“They sued the Attorney General of Alabama, the District Attorneys for Montgomery, Jefferson, and Mobile Counties, and the State’s Chief Medical Officer, challenging the constitutionality of Alabama’s staff-privileges requirement, codified at 1975 Ala.Code § 26-23E-4(c).…”
Planned Parenthood Se., Inc. v. Strange, 9 F. Supp. 3d 1272 (M.D. Ala. 2014).
“The plaintiffs argue that if subsection 4(c) of 1975 Ala.Code § 26-23E-4 takes effect, they will not be able to comply, and their clinics will be forced to stop providing abortions.”
West Alabama Women's Ctr. v. Williamson, 120 F. Supp. 3d 1296 (M.D. Ala. 2015).
“The new statute, 1975 Ala.Code § 26-23E-4(c), required that every physician performing abortions have admitting privileges at a local hospital.”
— Ala. Code § 26-23E-4(e) — 1 case
Planned Parenthood Se., Inc. v. Strange, 33 F. Supp. 3d 1330 (M.D. Ala. 2014).
“They sued the Attorney General of Alabama, the District Attorneys for Montgomery, Jefferson, and Mobile Counties, and the State’s Chief Medical Officer, challenging the constitutionality of Alabama’s staff-privileges requirement, codified at 1975 Ala.Code § 26-23E-4(c).…”
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