Florida Senate - 2015                                     SB 920
       
       
        
       By Senator Stargel
       
       
       
       
       
       15-00739-15                                            2015920__
    1                        A bill to be entitled                      
    2         An act relating to abortion; creating a short title;
    3         amending s. 390.0111, F.S.; requiring certain
    4         physicians to have admitting privileges at a hospital
    5         within a specified distance of the location where an
    6         abortion is performed or induced; providing penalties;
    7         providing an effective date.
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    9  Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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   11         Section 1. This act shall be known as the “Women’s Health
   12  Protection Act.”
   13         Section 2. Subsection (2) of section 390.0111, Florida
   14  Statutes, is amended to read:
   15         390.0111 Termination of pregnancies.—
   16         (2) PERFORMANCE BY PHYSICIAN REQUIRED; ADMITTING PRIVILEGES
   17  REQUIRED.—
   18         (a) No termination of pregnancy shall be performed at any
   19  time except by a physician as defined in s. 390.011.
   20         (b) A physician performing or inducing an abortion must
   21  have active admitting privileges at a hospital licensed in this
   22  state on the date that the abortion is performed or induced. The
   23  hospital must provide obstetrical or gynecological health care
   24  services and be located 30 miles or less from the location at
   25  which the abortion is performed or induced. A violation of this
   26  paragraph by a physician constitutes grounds for disciplinary
   27  action under s. 458.331 or s. 459.015.
   28         Section 3. This act shall take effect July 1, 2015.