Utah Code 76-7-308.5. Administration of anesthetic or analgesic to an unborn child
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A physician who performs an abortion of an unborn child who is at least 20 weeks gestational age shall administer an anesthetic or analgesic to eliminate or alleviate organic pain to the unborn child caused by the particular method of abortion to be employed, unless:
(1) the abortion is necessary to avert:
Terms Used In Utah Code 76-7-308.5
- Abortion: means the act, by a physician, of using an instrument, or prescribing a drug, with the intent to cause the death of an unborn child of a woman known to be pregnant, except as permitted under this part. See Utah Code 76-7-301
- Gestational age: means the age of an unborn child as calculated from the first day of the last menstrual period of the pregnant woman. See Utah Code 76-7-301
- Physician: means :(13)(a) a medical doctor licensed to practice medicine and surgery under Title 58, Chapter 67, Utah Medical Practice Act;(13)(b) an osteopathic physician licensed to practice osteopathic medicine under Title 58, Chapter 68, Utah Osteopathic Medical Practice Act; or(13)(c) a physician employed by the federal government who has qualifications similar to an individual described in Subsection (13)(a) or (b). See Utah Code 76-7-301
- Woman: means an adult human female. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5
- Writing: includes :
(48)(a) printing;(48)(b) handwriting; and(48)(c) information stored in an electronic or other medium if the information is retrievable in a perceivable format. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5(1)(a) the death of the woman on whom the abortion is performed; or(1)(b) a serious risk of substantial and irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the woman on whom the abortion is performed;(2) the abortion is performed because the fetus has a defect that is uniformly diagnosable and uniformly lethal, based on the written concurrence of two physicians who practice maternal fetal medicine; or(3) the treating physician and one other physician concur, in writing, that the administration of an anesthetic or analgesic would:(3)(a) cause the death of the woman on whom the abortion is performed; or(3)(b) create a serious risk of substantial or irreversible impairment of a major bodily function of the woman on whom the abortion is performed.