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2019 Kentucky Revised Statutes
Chapter 216B - Licensure and regulation of health facilities and services
216B.0435 Requirement of written agreements between abortion facility and acute-care hospital and ambulance service.

Universal Citation: KY Rev Stat § 216B.0435 (2019)
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216B.0435 Requirement of written agreements between abortion facility and acutecare hospital and ambulance service. (1) (2) (3) (4) Each abortion facility shall enter into a written agreement with a licensed acute-care hospital capable of treating patients with unforeseen complications related to an abortion facility procedure by which agreement the hospital agrees to accept and treat these patients. If unforeseen complications arise prior to or during an abortion facility procedure, the patient shall be transferred to the licensed acute-care hospital with which the abortion facility has a written agreement as provided under subsection (1) of this section or to the hospital selected by the patient, if the patient so chooses. Each abortion facility shall enter into a written agreement with a licensed local ambulance service for the transport of any emergency patient within the scope of subsection (1) of this section to the licensed acute-care hospital. The written agreements of an abortion facility with an acute-care hospital and with a local ambulance service shall be filed by the abortion facility with the cabinet. Effective: July 15, 1998 History: Created 1998 Ky. Acts ch. 582, sec. 5, effective July 15, 1998.
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