Ohio § 2919.171

§ 2919.171.

(A)(1) A physician who performs or induces or attempts to perform or induce an abortion

on a pregnant woman shall submit a report to the department of health in accordance

with the forms, rules, and regulations adopted by the department that includes all

of the information the physician is required to certify in writing or determine under

section 2919.17, section 2919.18, divisions (A) and (C) of section 2919.192 , division (C) of section 2919.193 , division (B) of section 2919.195 , or division (A) of section 2919.196 of the Revised Code . (2) If a person other than the physician described in division (A)(1) of this section

makes or maintains a record required by sections 2919.192 to 2919.196 of the Revised Code on the physician's behalf or at the physician's direction, that person shall comply

with the reporting requirement described in division (A)(1) of this section as if

the person were the physician described in that division. (B) By the first day of March of each year, the department of health shall issue a public

report that provides statistics for the previous calendar year compiled from all of

the reports covering that calendar year submitted to the department in accordance

with this section for each of the items listed in division (A) of this section.  The report shall also provide the statistics for each previous calendar year in

which a report was filed with the department pursuant to this section, adjusted to

reflect any additional information that a physician provides to the department in

a late or corrected report.  The department shall ensure that none of the information included in the report

could reasonably lead to the identification of any pregnant woman upon whom an abortion

is performed. (C)(1) The physician shall submit the report described in division (A) of this section to

the department of health within fifteen days after the woman is discharged.  If the physician fails to submit the report more than thirty days after that fifteen-day

deadline, the physician shall be subject to a late fee of five hundred dollars for

each additional thirty-day period or portion of a thirty-day period the report is

overdue.  A physician who is required to submit to the department of health a report under

division (A) of this section and who has not submitted a report or has submitted an

incomplete report more than one year following the fifteen-day deadline may, in an

action brought by the department of health, be directed by a court of competent jurisdiction

to submit a complete report to the department of health within a period of time stated

in a court order or be subject to contempt of court. (2) If a physician fails to comply with the requirements of this section, other than

filing a late report with the department of health, or fails to submit a complete

report to the department of health in accordance with a court order, the physician

is subject to division (B)(43) of section 4731.22 of the Revised Code . (3) No person shall falsify any report required under this section.  Whoever violates this division is guilty of abortion report falsification, a misdemeanor

of the first degree. (D) The department of health shall adopt rules pursuant to section 111.15 of the Revised Code to assist in compliance with this section.