§ 65-444 — Same; medical care facility refusal to permit; establishment of criteria and procedures

Same; medical care facility refusal to permit; establishment of criteria and procedures. No medical care facility, medical care facility administrator or governing board of any medical care facility shall be required to permit the performance, referral for, or participation in medical procedures or in the prescription or administration of any device or drug which result in the termination of human pregnancies of an effect of which the medical care facility, administrator or board reasonably believes may result in the termination of human pregnancies within its facility and the refusal to permit such procedures, prescription or administration shall not be grounds for civil liability to any person. A medical care facility may establish criteria and procedures under which pregnancies may be terminated within its institution, in addition to those which may be prescribed by licensing, regulating or accrediting agencies.

Legislative History

L. 1969, ch. 182, § 2; L. 2011, ch. 30, § 233; L. 2012, ch. 112, § 2; July 1.