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Minnesota Statutes Health (Ch. 144-159) § 145.4131. Recording and reporting abortion data

Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

Subdivision 1. Forms. (a) Within 90 days of July 1, 1998, the commissioner shall prepare a reporting form for use by physicians or facilities performing abortions. A copy of this section shall be attached to the form. A physician or facility performing an abortion shall obtain a form from the commissioner.

(b) The form shall require the following information:

(1) the number of abortions performed by the physician in the previous calendar year, reported by month;

(2) the method used for each abortion;

(3) the approximate gestational age expressed in one of the following increments:

(i) less than nine weeks;

(ii) nine to ten weeks;

(iii) 11 to 12 weeks;

(iv) 13 to 15 weeks;

(v) 16 to 20 weeks;

(vi) 21 to 24 weeks;

(vii) 25 to 30 weeks;

(viii) 31 to 36 weeks; or

(ix) 37 weeks to term;

(4) the age of the woman at the time the abortion was performed;

(5) complications, if any, for each abortion and for the aftermath of each abortion. Space for a description of any complications shall be available on the form;

(6) the medical specialty of the physician performing the abortion; and

(7) if the abortion was performed via telehealth, the facility code for the patient and the facility code for the physician.

Subd. 2. Submission. A physician performing an abortion or a facility at which an abortion is performed shall complete and submit the form to the commissioner no later than September 30 for abortions performed in the previous calendar year. The annual report to the commissioner shall include the methods used to dispose of fetal tissue and remains.

Subd. 3. Additional reporting. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the voluntary or required submission of other reports or forms regarding abortions.

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