Wisconsin Administrative Code
Medical Examining Board
Chapter Med 11 - Abortions
Section Med 11.04 - First 12 weeks of gestation
Universal Citation: WI Admin Code ยง Med 11.04
Current through February 26, 2024
(1) If an abortion is to be performed by a physician during the first 12 weeks of gestation in a facility other than a hospital approved under subch. II of ch. 50, Stats., in which general surgical procedures are customarily performed, the physician shall:
(a) Provide preoperative instructions
and counseling of the patient by appropriately trained individuals.
(b) Provide a receiving facility where the
patient may be prepared and may receive necessary preoperative medication and
observation.
(c) Perform and record
preoperative history and physical examination; verify the existence and
duration of pregnancy, and perform appropriate laboratory procedures including,
as a minimum, blood typing, Rh factor determination, hemoglobin determination,
white blood count, and urinalysis.
(d) Provide for prevention of Rh
sensitization.
(e) Provide a
physical place where the abortion procedure is carried out, and use techniques
and procedures which assure proper sterility, asepsis, and
antisepsis.
(f) Provide for
appropriate equipment and appropriately trained personnel for operative
procedures, anesthesia, and resuscitation.
(g) Have arrangements with a hospital
approved under subch. II of ch. 50, Stats., for admission of patients needing
hospital care. Such hospital shall be located sufficiently near the facility
used so that the patient could be transferred to and arrive at the hospital
within 30 minutes of the time when hospitalization appears necessary.
(h) Provide a recovery facility where the
patient can be observed until she has sufficiently recovered from the procedure
and the anesthesia and can be safely discharged by the physician.
(i) Provide for postoperative instructions
and arrangements for follow-up.
(j)
Maintain at the facility adequate permanent records relating to all such
patients covering the above matters.
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