Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
chapter
Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities [12 VAC 5 ‑ 412]
Action Amend the Regulation after Assessment and Receipt of Public Comment
Stage NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 7/10/2019
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7/2/19  8:56 pm
Commenter: Edward Paul

Keep high health and safety standards for abortion clinics
 

Abortion clinics are medical/surgical clinics and should abide by State Regulations for medical/surgical clinics for their patients.  I have seen multiple newspaper stories of how abortion clinics have failed to maintain healthy environments especially when they do not have regular inspections.  You should not only uphold the higher health standards on abortion clinics, you should increase the frequency of inspections and hold facilities accountable by shutting them down if they have a significant number of failures.

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