Code of Alabama - Title 26: Infants and Incompetents - Chapter 23E - Women's Health and Safety Act

• Section 26-23E-1 Short title
  This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Women's Health and Safety Act."
• Section 26-23E-2 Legislative findings
  The Legislature finds all of the following: (1) That the percentage of abortion or reproductive health centers that have been subject to adverse licensure action...
• Section 26-23E-3 Definitions
  As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (1) ABORTION. The use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or...
• Section 26-23E-4 Physician requirements
  (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...
• Section 26-23E-5 Nursing care
  At all times during procedures in an abortion or reproductive health center, nursing care shall be under the supervision of a registered professional nurse currently...
• Section 26-23E-6 Patient care
  All patient care in an abortion or reproductive health center must be rendered in accordance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws, State Board...
• Section 26-23E-7 Prescription of abortion-inducing drugs
  Only a physician may give, sell, dispense, administer, or otherwise prescribe an abortion-inducing drug. Because the failure and complications from medical abortion increase with advancing...
• Section 26-23E-8 Office-based procedure requirements
  Physicians performing abortion procedures in abortion or reproductive health centers shall conform to the rules for office-based surgery of the Alabama State Board of Medical...
• Section 26-23E-9 Abortion or reproductive health center requiremetns
  An abortion or reproductive health center shall be classified as ambulatory health care occupancy and shall meet all standards in the NFPA 101 Life Safety...
• Section 26-23E-10 Paternity inquiries of pregnant minor child; reporting requirements
  (a) Any minor child under the age of 16 seeking an abortion from an abortion or reproductive health care facility shall be asked by the...
• Section 26-23E-11 Promulgation of rules
  The Board of Health shall publish amended rules for abortion and reproductive health care centers that are consistent with this chapter by December 28, 2013....
• Section 26-23E-12 Violations
  (a) Any person other than a physician who performs or attempts to perform an abortion, including the prescription, dispensing, or administration of abortion-inducing drug, shall...
• Section 26-23E-13 Civil action for damages
  Any person who can demonstrate personal injury, including physical injury, emotional distress, or mental anguish, where such injury has resulted from the failure of an...
• Section 26-23E-14 Adverse licensure action
  (a) The failure of any physician, nurse practitioner, physician assistant, registered professional nurse, or licensed practical nurse to conform to the requirements of this chapter...
• Section 26-23E-15 Remedies
  Upon application by the Department of Public Health, a circuit court or any judge thereof shall have jurisdiction for cause shown, to grant a temporary...
• Section 26-23E-16 Construction of chapter
  (a) Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as creating or recognizing a right to abortion. (b) It is not the intention of this chapter...
• Section 26-23E-17 Intervention
  The Alabama Legislature, by joint resolution, may appoint one or more of its members to intervene as a matter of right in any case in...

Last modified: May 3, 2021