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Alaska Administrative Code (Last Updated: January 12, 2017) |
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Title 12. Professional Regulations. |
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Part 12.1. Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing. |
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Chapter 12.40. State Medical Board. |
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Article 12.40.2. Abortions. |
Section 12.40.120. Standards for hospitals and facilities.
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(a) During the second or third trimester of a pregnancy, abortions shall be performed under sterile conditions. A bed and a registered nurse shall be available for a minimum recovery period of one-half hour. A registered nurse shall be present during the procedure. (b) During the second or third trimester of a pregnancy, blood, blood derivatives, blood substitutes or plasma expanders shall be immediately available when an abortion is performed, and an operating room appropriately staffed and equipped for major surgery in accordance with regulations adopted under AS 18.20.060 shall be immediately available.
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