North Dakota Century Code Title 14. Domestic Relations and Persons § 14-02.1-05.2. Abortion after detectable heartbeat in unborn child prohibited--Exception--Penalty

2. a. An individual is not in violation of subsection 1 if that individual performs a medical procedure designed to or intended, in that individual's reasonable medical judgment, to prevent the death of a pregnant woman, to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman, or to save the life of an unborn child.

b. Any individual who performs a medical procedure as described in subsection 1 shall declare in writing, under penalty of perjury, that the medical procedure is necessary, to the best of that individual's reasonable medical judgment, to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.  That individual also shall provide in that written document, under penalty of perjury, the medical condition of that pregnant woman that the medical procedure performed as described in subdivision a assertedly will address, and the medical rationale for the conclusion that the medical procedure is necessary to prevent the death of the pregnant woman or to prevent a serious risk of the substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the pregnant woman.

c. The individual who performs a medical procedure as described in subdivision a shall place the written documentation required under subdivision b in the pregnant woman's medical records and shall maintain a copy of the written documentation in the individual's own records for at least seven years.