Section 10
Consent And Other Documents
(1) The pregnant women desiring to receive the service shall provide her consent for abortion to the
concerned doctor or Health worker, in the format prescribed in Schedule-8.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-section (1), on behalf of the insane (unconscious) and minor (less than 16 years of age) women such consent may be written by the nearest kin of concerned pregnant.
(3) The doctor or health worker shall register the consent document that has been received pursuant to Sub-section (1) and (2) in the register of the health institution and also shall mention the registration number and date.
(4) The doctor or health worker shall provide the service considering the statement given by the concerned pregnant women expressing that the pregnancy has been due to the rape or incest relationship (sexual intercourse) as a credible evidence or shall send (refer) her to the appropriate doctor or health worker.
(5) The concerned doctor or health worker shall mention the age of the fetus on the record (register) after determining it on the basis of the statement expressed by a pregnant women who has desired to receive the service and also on any other technical basis which may assist in approving the statement if that exists.
concerned doctor or Health worker, in the format prescribed in Schedule-8.
(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in Sub-section (1), on behalf of the insane (unconscious) and minor (less than 16 years of age) women such consent may be written by the nearest kin of concerned pregnant.
(3) The doctor or health worker shall register the consent document that has been received pursuant to Sub-section (1) and (2) in the register of the health institution and also shall mention the registration number and date.
(4) The doctor or health worker shall provide the service considering the statement given by the concerned pregnant women expressing that the pregnancy has been due to the rape or incest relationship (sexual intercourse) as a credible evidence or shall send (refer) her to the appropriate doctor or health worker.
(5) The concerned doctor or health worker shall mention the age of the fetus on the record (register) after determining it on the basis of the statement expressed by a pregnant women who has desired to receive the service and also on any other technical basis which may assist in approving the statement if that exists.