Qualifications to perform an abortion
Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Preterm-Cleveland v. Stephanie McCloud (2021)
Most recently applied in Preterm-Cleveland v. Stephanie McCloud (April 2021)
Acts 2019, No. 700, § 1.
(1) A person shall not perform or induce an abortion unless that person is a physician licensed to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas and is board-certified or board-eligible in obstetrics and gynecology.
(2) A violation of this section is a Class D felony and may result in the revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal of the professional license of an abortion facility or physician.
Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.