NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY

1973 SESSION

CHAPTER 139

HOUSE BILL 602

AN ACT TO ALLOW 30 DAYS IN WHICH TO REPORT AN ABORTION UNDER G.S. 14-45.1 TO THE STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.

The General Assembly of North Carolina enacts:

Section 1.  14-45.1 is hereby amended by rewriting the last paragraph as follows:

"All abortions performed under the provisions of this section shall be reported to the State Board of Health within 30 days of the date of discharge. The report shall be for statistical purposes only and the confidentiality of the patient relationship shall be protected. The report shall be submitted on a form provided by the State Board of Health. The administrator of the hospital in which an abortion is performed shall be responsible for insuring that a report is submitted in accordance with this paragraph. The requirements of G.S. 130-43 are waived for abortions as provided in this section."

Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.

In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 5th day of April, 1973.