[Congressional Bills 106th Congress]
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[S. 3157 Introduced in Senate (IS)]
106th CONGRESS
2d Session
S. 3157
To require the Food and Drug Administration to establish restrictions
regarding the qualifications of physicians to prescribe the abortion
drug commonly known as RU-486.
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IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES
October 4 (legislative day, September 22), 2000
Mr. Hutchinson introduced the following bill; which was read twice and
referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
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A BILL
To require the Food and Drug Administration to establish restrictions
regarding the qualifications of physicians to prescribe the abortion
drug commonly known as RU-486.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the
United States of America in Congress assembled,
SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.
This Act may be cited as the ``RU-486 Patient Health and Safety
Protection Act''.
SEC. 2. RESTRICTIONS FOR PRESCRIBING ABORTION DRUG.
With respect to the application that was submitted under section
505(b) of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act for the drug
mifepristone (commonly referred to as RU-486, to be marketed as
MIFEPREX), and that was approved on September 28, 2000, the Secretary
of Health and Human Services, acting through the Commissioner of Food
and Drugs, shall promptly modify the conditions of the approval of such
drug to establish the additional restriction that the drug may not be
prescribed by any person other than a licensed physician who meets the
following requirements:
(1) The physician is qualified to handle complications
resulting from an incomplete abortion or ectopic pregnancy.
(2) The physician has been trained to perform surgical
abortions and has met all applicable legal requirements to
perform such abortions.
(3) The physician is certified for ultrasound dating of
pregnancy and detecting ectopic pregnancy.
(4) The physician has completed a program regarding the
prescribing of such drug that uses a curriculum approved by the
Secretary.
(5) The physician has admitting privileges at a hospital to
which the physician can travel in one hour or less, determined
on the basis of starting at the principal medical office of the
physician and traveling to the hospital, using the
transportation means normally used by the physician to travel
to the hospital, and under the average conditions of travel for
the physician.
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Introduced in Senate
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
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