A. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision and the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall adopt an electronically based reporting system for certified physicians to report annually the following:
1. The number of patients served;
2. Age of patients served;
3. Race of patients served;
4. County and state of residence of patients served;
5. If the patient resides outside the United States, city and country of residence;
6. County and state of service;
7. A list of staff attending patients including licensing numbers and evidence of other qualifications;
8. Each medication used or provided per patient, by date;
9. Any known complications or adverse events, and how they were addressed, by date; and
10. Unresolved cases.
B. This reporting system shall also be used by emergency department physicians and private physicians who treat post-abortion complications.
C. Physicians shall protect from disclosure any personally identifiable information of the patient in accordance with applicable federal and state law.
D. A certified physician shall also report to their licensing board, the State Board of Pharmacy and the Medwatch Reporting System of the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), any complication or adverse event as defined according to the FDA criteria given in the Medwatch Reporting System.
E. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision and the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall develop a system of reporting adverse events from the use of abortion-inducing drugs for this state. The system shall require reporting of complications and adverse events including, but not limited to:
1. Death;
2. Blood loss including hemorrhage;
3. Infection including sepsis;
4. Blood transfusions;
5. Administer drug for an ectopic pregnancy; and
6. Other adverse effects requiring hospitalization or additional medical care.
F. The State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision and the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners shall require the following providers and entities to report complications and adverse events in writing:
1. Physicians certified to provide abortion-inducing drugs;
2. Emergency room physicians;
3. Any doctor licensed in this state including an obstetrician/gynecologist who treats women with adverse events;
4. Provision of certification requires that the physician shall also report adverse events and any patient deaths to the FDA; and
5. Other individuals or entities as determined by the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision or the State Board of Osteopathic Examiners.
Added by Laws 2021, c. 578, § 9, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.