Amendment
Bill No. CS/CS/HB 1397
Amendment No. 134823
CHAMBER ACTION
Senate House
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1Representative Pafford offered the following:
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3     Amendment (with title amendment)
4     Remove lines 93-116 and insert:
5     (2)  PHYSICIAN, LOCATION, AND CLINIC LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS
6PERFORMANCE BY PHYSICIAN REQUIRED.-No termination of pregnancy
7shall be performed at any time except by a physician as defined
8in s. 390.011. A physician who offers to perform or performs
9terminations of pregnancy in an abortion clinic shall annually
10complete a minimum of 3 hours of continuing education that must
11relate to ethics.
12     (a)  Except for procedures that must be conducted in a
13hospital or in a medical emergency as defined in s. 390.01114, a
14termination of pregnancy may not be performed in a location
15other than in a validly licensed hospital, abortion clinic, or
16physician's office.
17     (b)  A person may not establish, conduct, manage, or
18operate an abortion clinic without a valid current license.
19     (c)  A person may not perform or assist in performing an
20abortion on a person in the third trimester or after viability,
21other than in a hospital.
22     (d)  A person who willfully violates paragraph (b) or
23paragraph (c) commits a misdemeanor of the
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T I T L E  A M E N D M E N T
27     Remove lines 19-22 and insert:
28hospital; providing a


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