Kentucky Revised Statutes Title XVIII. Public Health § 216B.206.Eligibility to register as nonsurgical abortion provider; requirements for registered physicians

(a) Be licensed to practice medicine and in good standing in Kentucky;

(b) Examine any patient in-person prior to providing abortion-inducing drugs;

(c) Sign an annual “Dispensing Agreement Form,” to be developed and provided by the cabinet, prior to providing abortion-inducing drugs;

(d) Inform the patient of gestational age-specific risks of using abortion-inducing drugs;

(e) Assess for signs of domestic abuse, reproductive control, human trafficking, and other signals of coerced abortion, per current state guidelines;

(f) Inform the patient that studies show babies born following the abortion reversal process have a rate of birth defects no higher than the general population;

(g) Inform the patient that studies show that following a reversal process or otherwise treating a pregnant patient with progesterone during pregnancy does not lead to increased mortality rates;

(h) Refrain from intentionally or knowingly supplying abortion-inducing drugs to patients who present with any of the following:

(i) Provide or refer for emergency surgical intervention in cases of incomplete abortion, severe bleeding, or other abortion complications or adverse events, through maintaining hospital admitting privileges or entering into a written agreement with an associated physician;

(j) Ensure patient access to medical facilities equipped to provide blood transfusions and resuscitation or other necessary treatments, if necessary;

(k) Sign, and ensure that the patient signs, all legally required informed- consent material, provide the patient with a copy showing both signatures, and place the original in the patient's medical record and forward to a certified pharmacy, if appropriate;

(l) Record the serial number, National Drug Code, lot number, and expiration date from each package of each abortion-inducing drug given to the patient in the patient's medical record;

(m) Submit a written protocol of how efforts will be made to schedule a follow-up appointment with the patient within fourteen (14) days to ensure a completed abortion;

(n) Submit a written protocol of how complications or adverse events will be handled by the registered physician and submit a copy of a signed contract with an associated physician credentialed to handle certain complications if necessary;

(o) Abide by all applicable state and federal laws regarding medical records retention, confidentiality, and privacy; and

(p) Agree to follow and document compliance with all other legally required conditions for performing an abortion in Kentucky.

(a) Maintain hospital admitting privileges at one (1) or more hospitals in the county or contiguous county where abortion-inducing drugs will be provided and inform the patient of the hospital or hospitals where the physician holds admitting privileges; or

(b) Enter into a written associated physician agreement as required in KRS 311.7734, with a physician in the county or contiguous county where abortion-inducing drugs will be provided. The written agreement shall meet these conditions: