Amendment
Bill No. 1497
Amendment No. 310349
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative(s) Precourt offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Between lines 134 and 135 insert:
5     Section 3.  Paragraph (d) of subsection (3) of section
6390.012, Florida Statutes, is amended to read:
7     390.012  Powers of agency; rules; disposal of fetal
8remains.--
9     (3)  For clinics that perform or claim to perform abortions
10after the first trimester of pregnancy, the agency shall adopt
11rules pursuant to ss. 120.536(1) and 120.54 to implement the
12provisions of this chapter, including the following:
13     (d)  Rules relating to the medical screening and evaluation
14of each abortion clinic patient. At a minimum, these rules shall
15require:
16     1.  A medical history including reported allergies to
17medications, antiseptic solutions, or latex; past surgeries; and
18an obstetric and gynecological history.
19     2.  A physical examination, including a bimanual
20examination estimating uterine size and palpation of the adnexa.
21     3.  The appropriate laboratory tests, including:
22     a.  For an abortion in which an ultrasound examination is
23not performed before the abortion procedure, Urine or blood
24tests for pregnancy performed before the abortion procedure.
25     b.  A test for anemia.
26     c.  Rh typing, unless reliable written documentation of
27blood type is available.
28     d.  Other tests as indicated from the physical examination.
29     4.  An ultrasound evaluation for all patients who elect to
30have an abortion after the first trimester. The rules shall
31require that if a person who is not a physician performs an
32ultrasound examination, that person shall have documented
33evidence that he or she has completed a course in the operation
34of ultrasound equipment as prescribed in rule. The physician,
35registered nurse, licensed practical nurse, advanced registered
36nurse practitioner, or physician assistant shall review and
37explain, at the request of the patient, the live ultrasound
38images evaluation results, including an estimate of the probable
39gestational age of the fetus, with the patient before the
40abortion procedure is performed, unless the patient declines
41pursuant to s. 390.0111.
42     5.  That the physician is responsible for estimating the
43gestational age of the fetus based on the ultrasound examination
44and obstetric standards in keeping with established standards of
45care regarding the estimation of fetal age as defined in rule
46and shall write the estimate in the patient's medical history.
47The physician shall keep original prints of each ultrasound
48examination of a patient in the patient's medical history file.
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51     Remove line 13 and insert:
52relating to confidentiality of hearings; amending s.
53390.012, F.S.; requiring that live ultrasound images
54be reviewed and explained to the patient; providing
55that the patient may decline to review ultrasound
56images; providing for


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