Each induced termination of pregnancy which occurs in this State, regardless of the length of gestation, shall be reported to the Delaware Health Statistics Center within the Division of Public Health by the person in charge or a designated representative of the institution or abortion facility in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. If the induced termination of pregnancy was performed outside an institution or abortion facility, the attending physician shall prepare and file the report. Such reporting shall occur within 30 days after the end of the month in which the induced termination of pregnancy was performed. These reports are to be used only for purposes of statistical analysis and shall not be incorporated into the permanent official records of the system of vital statistics. The reporting form shall include only those items recommended by the federal agency responsible for national vital statistics except that it shall not include any item that allows identification of patients or physicians. Furthermore, no statistical analysis shall be released which identifies the reporting institution or abortion facility.
Structure Delaware Code
Chapter 31. REGISTRATION OF BIRTHS, DEATHS, MARRIAGES, DIVORCES, ANNULMENTS AND ADOPTIONS
Subchapter II. Registration Requirements and Procedures
§ 3121. Registration of births.
§ 3121A. Certificate of birth resulting in stillbirth.
§ 3122. Infants of unknown parentage; foundling registration.
§ 3123. Registration of death.
§ 3124. Registration of spontaneous fetal death.
§ 3125. Registration of marriage.
§ 3126. Registration of adoptions; duty of clerk of court; old and new birth certificates.
§ 3127. Acknowledgment or establishment of paternity.
§ 3128. Divorce or annulment registration for statistical purposes.
§ 3130. Certificates as evidence.
§ 3131. Delayed or amended certificates; procedures; evidence.