{"data":{"id":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-756.8","jurisdiction":"us-ok","citation":"Okla. Stat. tit. 63, § 63-1-756.8","heading":"Reports to be submitted on each drug-induced abortion","body":"– Annual statistical report upon data gathered.\n\nA. For the purpose of promoting maternal health and adding to\n\nthe sum of medical and public health knowledge through the\n\ncompilation of relevant data, a report of each drug-induced abortion\n\nperformed shall be made to the State Department of Health on forms\n\nprescribed by it. The reports shall be completed by the hospital or\n\nother licensed facility in which the abortion-inducing drug was\n\ngiven, sold, dispensed, administered or otherwise provided or\n\nprescribed; signed by the qualified physician who gave, sold,\n\ndispensed, administered or otherwise provided or prescribed the\n\nabortion-inducing drug; and transmitted to the Department within\n\nfifteen (15) days after each reporting month.\n\nB. Each report shall include, at minimum, the following\n\ninformation:\n\n1. Identification of the qualified physician who provided the\n\nabortion-inducing drug;\n\n2. Whether the chemical abortion was completed at the hospital\n\nor licensed facility in which the abortion-inducing drug was\n\nprovided or at an alternative location;\n\n3. The referring physician, agency or service, if any;\n\n4. The pregnant woman's age and race;\n\n5. The number of previous pregnancies, number of live births\n\nand number of previous abortions of the pregnant woman;\n\n6. The probable gestational age of the unborn child as\n\ndetermined by both patient history and by ultrasound results used to\n\nconfirm the gestational age. The report shall include the date of\n\nthe ultrasound and gestational age determined on that date;\n\n7. The abortion-inducing drug or drugs used, the date each was\n\nprovided to the pregnant woman and the reason for the abortion, if\n\nknown;\n\n8. Preexisting medical conditions of the pregnant woman which\n\nwould complicate her pregnancy, if any;\n\n9. Whether the woman returned for a follow-up examination to\n\ndetermine completion of the abortion procedure and to assess\n\nbleeding and the date and results of any such follow-up examination,\n\nand what reasonable efforts were made by the qualified physician to\n\nencourage that she return for a follow-up examination if she did\n\nnot;\n\n10. Whether the woman suffered any complications, and what\n\nspecific complications arose and any follow-up treatment needed; and\n\n11. The amount billed to cover the treatment for specific\n\ncomplications including whether the treatment was billed to\n\nMedicaid, private insurance, private pay or other method. This\n\nshall include charges for any physician, hospital, emergency room,\n\nprescription or other drugs, laboratory tests and any other costs\n\nfor treatment rendered.\n\nC. Reports required under this subsection shall not contain:\n\n1. The name of the pregnant woman;\n\n2. Common identifiers such as her social security number or\n\ndriver license number; or\n\n3. Other information or identifiers that would make it possible\n\nto identify, in any manner or under any circumstances, a woman who\n\nhas obtained or seeks to obtain a chemical abortion.\n\nD. If a qualified physician provides an abortion-inducing drug\n\nto a pregnant woman for the purpose of inducing an abortion as\n\nauthorized in Sections 2 and 3 of this act, and if the qualified\n\nphysician knows that the woman who uses the abortion-inducing drug\n\nfor the purpose of inducing an abortion experiences, during or after\n\nthe use of the abortion-inducing drug, an adverse event, the\n\nqualified physician shall provide a written report of the adverse\n\nevent within three (3) days of the event to the Food and Drug\n\nAdministration via the Medwatch Reporting System, and to the\n\nDepartment and to the State Board of Medical Licensure and\n\nSupervision.\n\nE. Any physician, qualified physician, associated physician or\n\nother healthcare provider who treats a woman, either\n\ncontemporaneously to or at any time after the procedure, for an\n\nadverse event or complication related to a chemical abortion shall\nFood and Drug\n\nAdministration via the Medwatch Reporting System, and to the\n\nDepartment and to the State Board of Medical Licensure and\n\nSupervision.\n\nE. Any physician, qualified physician, associated physician or\n\nother healthcare provider who treats a woman, either\n\ncontemporaneously to or at any time after the procedure, for an\n\nadverse event or complication related to a chemical abortion shall\n\nmake a report of the adverse event to the Department on forms\n\nprescribed by it. The reports shall be completed by the hospital or\n\nother facility in which the adverse event treatment was provided;\n\nsigned by the physician, qualified physician or other healthcare\n\nprovider who treated the adverse event; and transmitted to the\n\nDepartment within (15) days after each reporting month.\n\nF. The Department shall prepare a comprehensive annual\n\nstatistical report for the Legislature based upon the data gathered\n\nfrom reports under this section. The aggregated data shall also be\n\nmade available to the public by the Department in a downloadable\n\nformat.\n\nG. The Department shall summarize aggregate data from the\n\nreports required under this act and submit the data to the Centers\n\nfor Disease Control and Prevention.\n\nH. Reports filed pursuant to this section shall be public\n\nrecords and shall be available to the public in accordance with the\n\nconfidentiality and public records reporting laws of this state.\n\nCopies of all reports filed under this subsection shall be available\n\nto the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision, State Board\n\nof Pharmacy, state law enforcement offices and child protective\n\nservices for use in the performance of their official duties.\n\nI. Absent a valid court order or judicial subpoena, neither the\n\nDepartment, any other state department, agency or office nor any\n\nemployees thereof shall compare data concerning abortions or\n\nabortion complications maintained in an electronic or other\n\ninformation system file with data in any other electronic or other\n\ninformation system with the intention of identifying, in any manner\n\nor under any circumstances, a woman obtaining or seeking to obtain a\n\ndrug-induced abortion.\n\nJ. Statistical information that may reveal the identity of a\n\nwoman obtaining or seeking to obtain a drug-induced abortion shall\n\nnot be publicly disclosed by the Department, any other state\n\ndepartment, agency, office or any employee or contractor thereof.\n\nK. Copies of all reports filed under this section shall be\n\navailable to the Department and the State Board of Medical Licensure\n\nand Supervision for use in the performance of its official duties.\n\nL. The Department shall communicate the reporting requirements\n\nin this section to all medical professional organizations, licensed\n\nphysicians, hospitals, emergency rooms, abortion facilities,\n\nclinics, ambulatory surgical facilities and other healthcare\n\nfacilities operating in this state.\n\nM. Any physician including emergency medical personnel, who\n\ntreats a woman for complications or adverse event arising from an\n\nabortion, shall file a written report as required by this section of\n\nthis act with the Department.\n\nN. A physician filing a written report with the Department\n\nafter treating a woman for complications or otherwise in an\n\nemergency capacity shall make reasonable efforts to include all of\n\nthe required information that may be obtained without violating the\n\nprivacy of the woman.","path":["OK Code","Title 63"],"source_url":"https://www.oklegislature.gov/OK_Statutes/CompleteTitles/os63.pdf","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:36Z","sha256":"c58f5b38c90d5dd72236d91be11f8b450fb889e2df185bae6ad96656a3bbdbc5","source_id":"us-ok","stale":false,"prev":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-756.7","next":"us-ok/okla.-stat.-tit.-63-63-1-756.9"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}