A. Within ninety (90) days after this act is enacted, the State Board of Medical Licensure and Supervision shall cause to be published, in English and in each language which is the primary language of two percent (2%) or more of the state's population, and shall cause to be available on the state website provided for in Section 4 of this act, the following printed materials in such a way as to ensure that the information is easily comprehensible: geographically indexed materials designed to inform the female who has been told her unborn child has a fetal anomaly incompatible with life of public and private agencies and services available to her which offer perinatal hospice and palliative care if she chooses to continue her pregnancy. The material shall include a comprehensive list of the agencies available, a description of the services they offer, and a description of the manner, including telephone numbers, in which they might be contacted or, at the option of the Board, printed materials including a toll-free, twenty-four-hour-a-day telephone number which may be called to obtain, orally, such a list and description of agencies in the locality of the caller and of the services they offer.
B. The materials referred to in subsection A of this section shall be printed in a typeface large enough to be clearly legible. The website provided for in Section 4 of this act shall be maintained at a minimum resolution of 70 DPI (dots per inch). All letters on the website shall be a minimum of 11-point font. All information shall be accessible with an industry standard browser, requiring no additional plug-ins.
C. The materials required under this section shall be available at no cost from the Board upon request and in appropriate number to any person, facility or hospital.
Added by Laws 2014, c. 175, § 3, eff. Nov. 1, 2014.
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