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2018 Kentucky Revised Statutes
CHAPTER 213 - VITAL STATISTICS
.101 Induced termination of pregnancy required to be reported to Vital Statistics Branch.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 213.101 (2018)
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213.101 Induced termination of pregnancy required to be reported to Vital Statistics Branch. (1) Each induced termination of pregnancy which occurs in the Commonwealth, regardless of the length of gestation, shall be reported to the Vital Statistics Branch by the person in charge of the institution within fifteen (15) days after the end of the month in which the termination occurred. If the induced termination of pregnancy was performed outside an institution, the attending physician shall prepare and file the report within fifteen (15) days after the end of the month in which the termination occurred. The report shall include all the information the physician is required to certify in writing or determine under KRS 311.782 and 311.783, but shall not include information which will identify the physician, woman, or man involved. (2) The name of the person completing the report and the reporting institution shall not be subject to disclosure under KRS 61.870 to 61.884. (3) By September 30 of each year, the Vital Statistics Branch shall issue a public report that provides statistics for the previous calendar year compiled from all of the reports covering that calendar year submitted to the cabinet in accordance with this section for each of the items listed in subsection (1) of this section. Each annual report shall also provide statistics for all previous calendar years in which this section was in effect, adjusted to reflect any additional information from late or corrected reports. The Vital Statistics Branch shall ensure that none of the information included in the report could reasonably lead to the identification of any pregnant woman upon whom an abortion was performed or attempted. (4) (a) Any person or institution who fails to submit a report by the end of thirty (30) days following the due date set in subsection (1) of this section shall be subject to a late fee of five hundred dollars ($500) for each additional thirty (30) day period or portion of a thirty (30) day period the report is overdue. (b) Any person or institution who fails to submit a report, or who has submitted only an incomplete report, more than one (1) year following the due date set in subsection (1) of this section, may in a civil action brought by the Vital Statistics Branch be directed by a court of competent jurisdiction to submit a complete report within a time period stated by court order or be subject to contempt of court. (c) Failure by any physician to comply with the requirements of this section, other than filing a late report, or to submit a complete report in accordance with a court order shall subject the physician to KRS 311.595. (5) Intentional falsification of any report required under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. (6) Within ninety (90) days of January 9, 2017, the Vital Statistics Branch shall promulgate administrative regulations in accordance with KRS Chapter 13A to assist in compliance with this section. Effective: January 9, 2017 History: Amended 2017 Ky. Acts ch. 5, sec. 9, effective January 9, 2017. -- Amended 2005 Ky. Acts ch. 99, sec. 438, effective June 20, 2005. -- Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 369, sec. 19, effective July 13, 1990.
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