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17-1.1   License Required; Fee; Conditions of License.
   No person shall operate an abortion clinic, as hereinafter defined, nor, except in a general hospital, perform or offer an abortion as hereinafter defined, whether or not the same is done for a charge or profit, except under license of the Board of Health and Hospitals issued annually at a fee of $1,000, which license shall be issued upon the condition that the holder thereof comply with such regulations as the Board shall, from time to time, make, amend and repeal, which regulations shall provide for:
   (A)   Minimum standards for the attendance of qualified professional persons at such abortion or abortion clinic;
   (B)   Equipment and procedures for use in the event of emergency;
   (C)   The administration of Rho-Gam or its medical equivalent to those patients requiring the same, as a part of the established fee for abortion;
   (D)   Pre-abortion counseling and post-abortion examination of patients without charge to the patient beyond the established fee for abortion;
   (E)   Periodic inspection of the premises by the Board; and
   (F)   Such other regulations as to the Board appear necessary for the health and safety of patients.
(Ord. 1976 c. 14 § 1; CBC 1985 17-1.1) Penalty, see Subsection 17-1.3
17-1.2   Definitions.
   For the purpose of this Section, the following definitions shall apply unless the context clearly indicates or requires a different meaning.
   ABORTION. The intentional administration of any drug or substance, or of any surgical, mechanical or manual process, or of any regimen, exercise or procedure causing, or likely to cause, the destruction of the life of an unborn child or the expulsion or removal from the womb of an unborn child or fetus, other than for the principal purpose of producing a live birth or the removing of an already dead fetus.
   ABORTION CLINIC. A place, other than a clinic operated by and within a general hospital, where abortions are offered or performed, whether or not the same is done for charge or profit, and whether or not such place would otherwise be described or termed a clinic.
(Ord. 1976 c. 14 § 1; CBC 1985 17-1.2)
17-1.3   Violations.
   Every person violating this Section, or assisting another in the violation of this Section, shall be punished by a fine of $200, and for the purposes of this Section, each abortion offered or performed, and each day any abortion clinic is in operation shall constitute a separate offense.
(Ord. 1976 c. 14 § 1; CBC 1985 17-1.3)
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