California AB1973 amends abortion procedure regulations, allowing certain healthcare providers to perform abortions without direct physician.

California AB1973 modifies the Business and Professions Code to expand the types of healthcare providers authorized to perform abortions. Nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants can now perform procedural abortions without the direct supervision of a physician and surgeon, provided they have completed required training and achieved clinical competency. The bill also ensures that these healthcare providers cannot be punished or held liable for performing abortions within their scope of practice.

California AB1973 amends abortion procedure regulations, allowing certain healthcare providers to perform abortions without direct physician.

California AB1973 modifies the Business and Professions Code to expand the types of healthcare providers authorized to perform abortions. Nurse practitioners, certified nurse-midwives, and physician assistants can now perform procedural abortions without the direct supervision of a physician and surgeon, provided they have completed required training and achieved clinical competency. The bill also ensures that these healthcare providers cannot be punished or held liable for performing abortions within their scope of practice.