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 Regulations for Licensure of Abortion Facilities
Stage Emergency/NOIRA
Comment Period Ended on 2/15/2012
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2/2/12  11:53 am
Commenter: Alice Berman, LPC

Best Practice and Evidence Base Must Drive Any Regulation, Not Politics
 

Any regulation that impacts access to healthcare must be driven with awareness of and respect for patient confidentiality, and the evidence base to examine the facts.  To address this I believe a Public Hearing guided by physicians inthe OB/GYN field and other licensed healthcare providers is needed to carefully examine the appropriateness of what is proposed here and existing practice.  I question if this were not an election year, would these regulations be proposed.

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