Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112 § 12Q

Current through Chapters 1 to 249 and Chapters 253 to 255 of the 2024 Legislative Session
Section 112:12Q - Abortion; collection of aggregate data

The commissioner of public health shall collect aggregate data on abortions performed by a physician, physician assistant, certified nurse practitioner or certified nurse midwife on a form promulgated by the commissioner that shall include, but not be limited to, the:

(i) date and place of the abortions performed;
(ii) ages of the pregnant patients;
(iii) method used to perform the abortions; and
(iv) gestational age when the abortions were performed. The commissioner shall prepare from these forms such statistical tables with respect to maternal health, abortion procedures and gestational age as the commissioner deems useful and shall make an annual report thereof to the general court. Nothing in this section shall limit the authority of the department of public health to require reports pursuant to sections 24A and 25A of chapter 111.

Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 112, § 12Q

Amended by Acts 2020, c. 263,§ 1, eff. 1/4/2021.
Amended by Acts 2020, c. 227,§ 40, eff. 12/11/2020.