CHAPTER 9-900. PROFESSIONS
§9-902. Abortions. [632]
(1) No person, firm, professional association, clinic or corporation,
whether engaged in activity for profit or not, shall offer, demand, obtain or
receive compensation, directly or indirectly, from any physician, group of
physicians, clinic, or hospital, for referring patients for the purpose of
performance of an abortion.
(2) No physician, group of physicians,
clinic or hospital may offer to pay, or pay, directly or indirectly, any portion
of the compensation received for the performance of an abortion as a referral
fee, to any person, firm, professional association, clinic or corporation,
whether engaged in activity for profit or not.
(3) Penalties. Any
person violating this Section shall, upon conviction be subject to a fine of not
more than three hundred (300) dollars.
(4) Repeat Offenders. Any
person who commits, on more than one occasion, a violation of this Section,
shall be guilty of a separate offense of Repeat Violation, and for each Repeat
Violation, shall be subject to a fine of not more than three hundred (300)
dollars, or imprisonment for not more than ninety (90) days, or both. A person
shall be guilty of a Repeat Violation regardless whether the second or
subsequent violation occurs before or after a judicial finding of a first or
previous violation. Each violation, after the first, shall constitute a separate
Repeat Violation offense.