American Samoa § 46.3901 - Definitions.
Full text of American Samoa American Samoa Code Annotated § 46.3901 — Definitions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 46.3901. Definitions.
(a) “Abortion” means the termination of human pregnancy for purposes other than delivery of a viable fetus. (b) “Hospital” means the Lyndon B. Johnson Tropical Medical Center. (c) “Physician” means a person licensed to practice medicine and surgery or osteopathic medicine and surgery in this Territory. (d) “Viable fetus” means a fetus potentially able to live outside the mother’s womb, even though artificial aid may be required. (e) “First trimester of pregnancy” means the first 13 weeks of a pregnancy. (f) “Second trimester of pregnancy” means that portion of a pregnancy following the thir-teenth week and preceding the twenty-fourth week of pregnancy. (g) “Third trimester of pregnancy” means that portion of a pregnancy after the twenty-third week of pregnancy and includes the entire period after the fetus is or may be viable. Research Guide: MPCC 13.080.
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