20-16-1708. Rules.

Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities

20-16-1708. Rules. (a)(1) The Department of Health shall adopt rules to implement this subchapter. (2) The department may add by rule additional examples of complications to supplement those in § 20-16-1703. (b) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall promulgate rules to ensure that physicians who perform abortions, referring physicians, or agents of either physician comply with all the requirements of this subchapter.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-16-1708

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20-16-1703. Informed consent requirement.

20-16-1703. Informed consent requirement. (a) A person shall not perform or induce an abortion without the voluntary and informed consent of the woman upon whom the abortion is to be performed or induced. (b) Except in the case of a medical emergency, consent to an abortion is voluntary and informed only if: (1) At least seventy-two (72) hours before the abortion, the physician who is to perform the abortion or the referring physician has informed the woman, orally and in person, of the following: (A) The name of the physician who will perform the abortion; (B) Medically accurate information that a reasonable patient would consider material to the decision concerning whether or not to undergo the abortion, including: (i) A description of the proposed abortion method; (ii) The immediate and long-term medical risks associated with the proposed abortion method, including without limitation the risks of: (a) Cervical or uterine perforation; (b) Danger to subsequent pregnancies; (c) Hemorrhage; and (d) Infection; and (iii) Alternatives to the abortion; (C) The probable gestational age of the unborn child at the time the abortion is to be performed; (D) The probable anatomical and physiological characteristics of the unborn child at the time the abortion is to be performed; (E) The medical risks associated with carrying the unborn child to term; (F) Any need for anti-Rh immune globulin therapy if the woman is Rh negative, the likely consequences of refusing such therapy, and the cost of the therapy; and (G) Information on reversing the effects of abortion-inducing drugs; (2) At least seventy-two (72) hours before the abortion, the physician who is to perform the abortion, the referring physician, or a qualified person informs the woman, ora

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-16-1703

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