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HB 326: "An Act relating to abortion-inducing drugs."

00 HOUSE BILL NO. 326 01 "An Act relating to abortion-inducing drugs." 02 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF ALASKA: 03 * Section 1. AS 08.64.364(c) is amended to read: 04 (c) Notwithstanding (a) and (b) of this section, 05 (1) a physician may not prescribe, dispense, or administer an abortion- 06 inducing drug under (a) of this section [UNLESS THE PHYSICIAN COMPLIES 07 WITH AS 18.16.010]; and 08 (2) a physician or physician assistant may not prescribe, dispense, or 09 administer a prescription drug in response to an Internet questionnaire or electronic 10 mail message to a person with whom the physician or physician assistant does not 11 have a prior physician-patient relationship. 12 * Sec. 2. AS 18.16.010 is amended by adding a new subsection to read: 13 (k) A health care provider that prescribes, dispenses, or administers an 14 abortion-inducing drug to a person shall 15 (1) conduct an in-person physical examination of the person before

01 prescribing, dispensing, or administering the abortion-inducing drug; and 02 (2) schedule a follow-up appointment, to occur not later than 14 days 03 after the abortion, to confirm that the pregnancy was terminated and assess continued 04 blood loss.