2016 Oklahoma Statutes
Title 63. Public Health and Safety
§63-1-740.4a. Report of procedure - Contents - Submission - Late fee - Public report - Rules - Failure to post public report - Attorneys fees.

A. Any physician performing an abortion upon an unemancipated minor shall complete and electronically transmit to the State Department of Health a report of the procedure within thirty (30) days after having performed the abortion. Within ninety (90) days after this act becomes law, the State Department of Health shall prepare and make available on its stable Internet web site the reporting forms for this purpose to all physicians required to be licensed in this state and health facilities licensed in accordance with Section 1-702 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes. The reporting form regarding the minor receiving the abortion shall include, but not be limited to:

1. Age;

2. Educational level;

3. Number of previous pregnancies;

4. Number of previous live births;

5. Number of previous abortions;

6. Complications, if any, of the abortion being reported;

7. The city and county in which the abortion was performed;

8. Whether a parent gave consent to the physician, or an agent of the physician, pursuant to Section 1-740.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; or

9. Whether the physician performed the abortion without first obtaining the consent of the parent of the minor as described in Section 1-740.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes; if so:

a.whether the minor was emancipated,

b.whether the abortion was performed because of a medical emergency,

c.whether the abortion was performed to prevent the death of the minor,

d.whether the parent was notified after the performance of a medical emergency abortion, and

e.whether the parent was notified after the performance of an abortion to prevent the death of the minor;

10. Whether a judicial waiver was obtained after the performance of a medical emergency abortion; and

11. Whether a judicial waiver was obtained after the performance of an abortion to prevent the death of the minor.

B. The State Department of Health shall ensure that the reporting forms described in this section, together with a reprint of this act, are posted on its stable Internet web site, within one hundred twenty (120) days after the effective date of this act. The State Department of Health shall notify:

1. Each physician who subsequently becomes newly licensed to practice in this state, simultaneously with the receipt of official notification to that physician that the physician is so licensed, of the requirements of this act; and

2. By December 1 of every year, other than the calendar year in which forms are made available in accordance with subsection A of this section, all physicians licensed to practice in this state.

C. By February 28 of each year following a calendar year in any part of which this act was in effect, each physician, or agent of a physician, who obtained the consent described in Section 1-740.2 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, and any physician who knowingly performed an abortion upon a pregnant minor or upon a female for whom a guardian or conservator had been appointed pursuant to applicable federal law or as provided by Section 1-113 of Title 30 of the Oklahoma Statutes because of incompetency during the previous calendar year shall complete and electronically submit to the State Department of Health the form described in subsection A of this section, with the requested data entered accurately and completely. Any such report shall not contain the name, address, or other information by which the minor receiving the abortion may be identified.

D. Reports that are not submitted by the end of a grace period of thirty (30) days following the due date shall be subject to a late fee of Five Hundred Dollars ($500.00) for each additional thirty-day period or portion of a thirty-day period the reports are overdue. Any physician required to report in accordance with this section who has not electronically submitted a report, or has electronically submitted only an incomplete report, more than one (1) year following the due date, may, in an action brought by the State Department of Health, be directed by a court of competent jurisdiction to submit a complete report within a period stated by court order or be subject to sanctions for civil contempt.

E. By June 30 of each year, the State Department of Health shall post, on its stable Internet web site, a public report providing statistics for the previous calendar year compiled from all of the reports covering that year submitted in accordance with this section for each of the items listed in subsection A of this section. The report shall also include statistics giving the total number of petitions or motions filed under Section 1-740.3 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes and of that number:

1. The number in which the court appointed a guardian ad litem;

2. The number in which the court appointed counsel;

3. The number in which the judge issued an order authorizing an abortion without notification; and

4. The number in which the judge denied such an order, and of this:

a.the number of denials from which an appeal was filed,

b.the number of the appeals that resulted in the denial being affirmed, and

c.the number of appeals that resulted in reversals of the denials.

Each report shall also provide the statistics for all previous calendar years for which the public statistical report was required to be issued, adjusted to reflect any additional information from late or corrected reports. The State Department of Health shall take care to ensure that none of the information included in the public reports could reasonably lead to the identification of any individual female.

F. The State Department of Health may promulgate rules in accordance with the Administrative Procedures Act to alter the dates established by this section or consolidate the forms or reports to achieve administrative convenience, fiscal savings, or to reduce the burden of reporting requirements, as long as reporting forms are made available on its web site, to all licensed physicians in the state at least once every year and the report described in subsection E of this section is posted at least once every year.

G. If the State Department of Health fails to post the public report required by subsection E of this section, an action may be initiated pursuant to Title 12 of the Oklahoma Statutes.

H. If judgment is rendered in favor of the plaintiff in any action described in this section, the court shall also render judgment for a reasonable attorney fee in favor of the plaintiff against the defendant. If judgment is rendered in favor of the defendant and the court finds that the plaintiff’s suit was frivolous and brought in bad faith, the court shall also render judgment for a reasonable attorney fee in favor of the defendant against the plaintiff.

Added by Laws 2007, c. 161, § 8, eff. Nov. 1, 2007.