2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:64 - Forms for collection of data

§64. Forms for collection of data

The state registrar shall prescribe forms for the collection of information and statistics with respect to abortions. Such forms shall require, but not be limited to, the following information:

(1) The age, marital status, and state and parish (county) of residence of the woman who is aborted.

(2) The place where the abortion is performed.

(3) The full name and address of the physician or physicians performing the abortion.

(4) The age, marital status, and state and parish (county) of residence of the father, if known.

(5) Medical reason for the abortion.

(6) Medical procedure employed to procure the abortion.

(7) The length of the aborted fetus.

(8) The weight of the aborted fetus.

(9) Other significant conditions of the fetus and mother; and

(10) The results of pathological examinations of all aborted fetuses, as required by R.S. 40:1299.35.4.

Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1.

§65. Completion of forms; filing with vital records registry

The information required by the form for which provision is made in R.S. 40:64 shall be completed by the physician or physicians performing the abortion in each case in which an abortion is performed. Such completed form shall be transmitted by the physician or physicians to the vital records registry within fifteen days of the performing of such abortion.

Acts 1979, No. 776, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1.

§66. Failure to complete form; penalty

Failure to complete such form as required in R.S. 40:65 shall be a misdemeanor punishable by imprisonment for ninety days in jail or by a five hundred dollar fine, or both. Such failure to complete such form and to timely transmit same shall be admissible as evidence that the unreported abortion was illegal.

Acts 1979, No. 776, §1.