R.C. § 2919.203 Determination of Gestational Age; Violation

• Library: Ohio Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current with legislation from 2024 received as of February 15, 2024.
• Year: 2023
• Citation: R.C. § 2919.203

(A) Except in a medical emergency that prevents compliance with this division, no physician shall purpo...

(B) Except in a medical emergency that prevents compliance with this division, no physician shall purposely perform or induce or purposely attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant woman after the unborn child reaches the probable post- fertilization age of twenty weeks without first entering the determination made in division (A) of this section and the associated findings of the medical examination and tests in the medical record of the pregnant woman.

(C) Whoever violates division (A) of this section is guilty of failure to perform probable post-fertilization age testing, a misdemeanor of the fourth degree.

(D) The state medical board shall suspend a physician's license to practice medicine in this state for a period of not less than six months if the physician violates this section.