HB2492sam001 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sen. Dale A. Righter

Filed: 5/13/2005

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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2492

AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2492, on page 2, line 3, after "not", by replacing "issue an order or referral for the" with "be able to administer"; and

on page 2, line 4, by deleting "administration of"; and

on page 2, line 5, after "she", by deleting "is"; and

on page 2, line 5, after "(i)", by inserting "is"; and

on page 2, line 6, after "(ii)", by inserting "is"; and

on page 2, line 10, after "Act,", by deleting "or"; and

on page 2, line 10, after "(iii)", by inserting "is"; and

on page 2, line 14, after "physician", by inserting the following: ", or (iv) has completed an accredited diagnostic medical ultrasound program"; and

on page 2, by replacing lines 15 through 20 with the following:

"Section 15. Ultrasound administration; other purposes. The administration of an ultrasound subject to this Act shall require a person or facility that offers fetal ultrasounds, or a similar procedure for elective purposes, to disclose in writing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not approve the use of ultrasound equipment for those purposes."; and

on page 2, by replacing lines 21 through 25 with the following:

"Section 20. Violation. Any person that administers an ultrasound upon a pregnant woman without disclosing the U.S. Food and Drug Administration official statement as required under Section 15 of this Act shall be guilty of a petty offense and subject to a minimum fine of not less than $500.".