Ohio § 2919.18

§ 2919.18.

(A) Except in a medical emergency that prevents compliance with this division, no physician

shall perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant

woman after the beginning of the twentieth week of gestation unless, prior to the

performance or inducement of the abortion or the attempt to perform or induce the

abortion, the physician determines, in the physician's good faith medical judgment,

that the unborn child is not viable, and the physician makes that determination after

performing a medical examination of the pregnant woman and after performing or causing

to be performed those tests for assessing gestational age, weight, lung maturity,

or other tests that the physician, in that physician's good faith medical judgment,

believes are necessary to determine whether an unborn child is viable. (B) Except in a medical emergency that prevents compliance with this division, no physician

shall perform or induce or attempt to perform or induce an abortion on a pregnant

woman after the beginning of the twentieth week of gestation without first entering

the determination made in division (A) of this section and the associated findings

of the medical examination and tests in the medical record of the pregnant woman. (C) Whoever violates this section is guilty of failure to perform viability testing,

a misdemeanor of the fourth degree. (D) The state medical board shall suspend a physician's license to practice medicine

in this state for a period of not less than six months if the physician violates this

section.