Sen. Dale A. Righter
Filed: 5/13/2005
 
 

 




 

 		












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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 2492 




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    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 2492, on page 2, 
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line 3, after "not", by replacing "issue an order or referral 
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for the" with "be able to administer"; and 

 
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on page 2, line 4, by deleting "administration of"; and 
 
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on page 2, line 5, after "she", by deleting "is"; and 
 
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on page 2, line 5, after "(i)", by inserting "is"; and 
 
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on page 2, line 6, after "(ii)", by inserting "is"; and 
 
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on page 2, line 10, after "Act,", by deleting "or"; and  
 
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on page 2, line 10, after "(iii)", by inserting "is"; and 
 
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on page 2, line 14, after "physician", by inserting the 
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following: 
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", or (iv)   has completed an accredited diagnostic medical 
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ultrasound program"; and 
 
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on page 2, by replacing lines 15 through 20 with the following: 
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    "Section 15.  Ultrasound administration; other purposes.  
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The administration of an ultrasound subject to this Act shall 
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require a person or facility that offers fetal ultrasounds, or 
 


 






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a similar procedure for elective purposes, to disclose in 
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writing that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration does not 
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approve the use of ultrasound equipment for those purposes."; 
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and  
 
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on page 2, by replacing lines 21 through 25 with the following:  
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    "Section 20.  Violation.  Any person that administers an 
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ultrasound upon a  pregnant woman without disclosing the U.S. 
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Food and Drug Administration official statement as required 
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under Section 15 of this Act  shall be guilty of a petty  offense 
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and subject to a minimum fine of not less than $500.".