10A NCAC 14E .0101. DEFINITIONS

The following definitions will apply throughout this Subchapter:

(1)           "Clinic" means a freestanding facility (a facility neither physically attached nor operated by a licensed hospital) for the performance of abortions during the first 20 weeks of pregnancy.

(2)           "Complication" includes but is not limited to hemorrhage, infection, uterine perforation, cervical laceration or retained products of conception.

(3)           "Division" means the Division of Health Service Regulation of the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services.

(4)           "Fetal age" means the length of pregnancy as indicated by the date of conception.

(5)           "Governing authority" means the individual, agency or group or corporation appointed, elected or otherwise designated, in which the ultimate responsibility and authority for the conduct of the abortion clinic is vested.

(6)           "New facility" means one that is not certified as an abortion clinic by the Division as of July 1, 1994, and has not been certified within the previous six months of the application for certification.

 

History Note:        Authority G.S. 14‑45.1(a);

Eff. February 1, 1976;

Readopted Eff. December 19, 1977;

Amended Eff. July 1, 1994; December 1, 1989; June 30, 1980.