2007 Minnesota Statutes

145.4246 REPORTING REQUIREMENTS.
    Subdivision 1. Reporting form. Within 90 days after July 1, 2003, the commissioner of
health shall prepare a reporting form for physicians containing a reprint of sections 145.4241 to
145.4249 and listing:
(1) the number of females to whom the physician provided the information described in
section 145.4242, clause (1); of that number, the number provided by telephone and the number
provided in person; and of each of those numbers, the number provided in the capacity of a
referring physician and the number provided in the capacity of a physician who is to perform the
abortion;
(2) the number of females to whom the physician or an agent of the physician provided the
information described in section 145.4242, clause (2); of that number, the number provided by
telephone and the number provided in person; of each of those numbers, the number provided in
the capacity of a referring physician and the number provided in the capacity of a physician who
is to perform the abortion; and of each of those numbers, the number provided by the physician
and the number provided by an agent of the physician;
(3) the number of females who availed themselves of the opportunity to obtain a copy of the
printed information described in section 145.4243 other than on the Web site and the number who
did not; and of each of those numbers, the number who, to the best of the reporting physician's
information and belief, went on to obtain the abortion; and
(4) the number of abortions performed by the physician in which information otherwise
required to be provided at least 24 hours before the abortion was not so provided because an
immediate abortion was necessary to avert the female's death and the number of abortions
in which such information was not so provided because a delay would create serious risk of
substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function.
    Subd. 2. Distribution of forms. The commissioner of health shall ensure that copies of the
reporting forms described in subdivision 1 are provided:
(1) by December 1, 2003, and by December 1 of each subsequent year thereafter to all
physicians licensed to practice in this state; and
(2) to each physician who subsequently becomes newly licensed to practice in this state, at
the same time as official notification to that physician that the physician is so licensed.
    Subd. 3. Reporting requirement. By April 1, 2005, and by April 1 of each subsequent year
thereafter, each physician who provided, or whose agent provided, information to one or more
females in accordance with section 145.4242 during the previous calendar year shall submit to the
commissioner of health a copy of the form described in subdivision 1 with the requested data
entered accurately and completely.
    Subd. 4. Additional reporting. Nothing in this section shall be construed to preclude the
voluntary or required submission of other reports or forms regarding abortions.
    Subd. 5. Failure to report as required. Reports that are not submitted by the end of a grace
period of 30 days following the due date shall be subject to a late fee of $500 for each additional
30-day period or portion of a 30-day period they are overdue. Any physician required to report
according to this section who has not submitted a report, or has submitted only an incomplete
report, more than one year following the due date, may, in an action brought by the commissioner
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.
    Subd. 6. Public statistics. By July 1, 2005, and by July 1 of each subsequent year thereafter,
the commissioner of health shall issue a public report providing statistics for the previous calendar
year compiled from all of the reports covering that year submitted according to this section
for each of the items listed in subdivision 1. Each report shall also provide the statistics for all
previous calendar years, adjusted to reflect any additional information from late or corrected
reports. The commissioner 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 providing or
provided information according to section 145.4242.
    Subd. 7. Consolidation. The commissioner of health may consolidate the forms or reports
described in this section with other forms or reports to achieve administrative convenience or
fiscal savings or to reduce the burden of reporting requirements.
History: 2003 c 14 art 1 s 7