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House Journal: Page 688: Wednesday, March 19, 1997

31   shall submit the completed form to the licensed
32   physician or provide the person making the offer with
33   information to send the completed form to the pregnant
34   minor's attending physician.  The person offering
the
35   viewing of the video and the decision-making materials
36   licensed physician shall also provide a copy of the
37   completed certification form to the pregnant minor.
38     Sec. ___.  Section 135L.3, subsections 1 and 2,
39   Code 1997, are amended to read as follows:
40     1.  A person licensed physician shall not perform
41   an abortion on a pregnant minor until at least forty-
42   eight hours' prior notification is provided to a
43   parent of the pregnant minor.
44     2.  The person licensed physician who will perform
45   the abortion shall provide notification in person or
46   by mailing the notification by restricted certified
47   mail to the a parent of the pregnant minor at the
48   usual place of abode of the parent.  For the purpose
49   of delivery by restricted certified mail, the time of
50   delivery is deemed to occur at twelve o'clock noon on

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 1   the next day on which regular mail delivery takes
 2   place, subsequent to the mailing.""
 3     2.  Page 1, by inserting after line 10 the
 4   following:
 5     "___.  Page 2, line 16, by striking the word
 6   "person" and inserting the following:  "person
 7   licensed physician"."
 8     3.  Page 1, by inserting after line 19 the
 9   following:
10     "___.  Page 2, line 18, by striking the word and
11   figure "subsection 2,".
12     "___.  Page 2, by inserting after line 19 the
13   following:
14     "135L.6  FRAUDULENT PRACTICE.
15     A person who does any of the following is guilty of
16   a fraudulent practice in the fourth degree pursuant to
17   section 714.12:
18     1.  Knowingly tenders a false original or copy of
19   the signed and dated certification form described in
20   section 135L.2, to be retained by the licensed
21   physician or to be sent to the pregnant minor's
22   attending physician.""
23     4.  By renumbering as necessary.
Amendment H-1155 was adopted.
Moreland of Wapello asked and received unanimous consent to
withdraw amendment H-1223, to the committee amendment H-1035,
filed by him on March 18, 1997.

Iowa General Assembly

Index: House Journal (77th General Assembly: Session 1)

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