Abortion” means the use or prescription of any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance or device with the intent to terminate the pregnancy of a female known to be pregnant.

Physician” means a person licensed to practice medicine under Article 2 of Chapter 34 of Title 43. See O.C.G.A. § 31-9A-2

Unemancipated minor” means any person under the age of 18 who is not or has not been married or who is under the care, custody, and control of such person’s parent or parents, guardian, or the juvenile court of competent jurisdiction. See O.C.G.A. §15-11-111

Medical emergency” means any condition, which, on the basis of the physician’s good faith clinical judgment, so complicates the medical condition of a pregnant female as to necessitate the immediate abortion of her pregnancy to avert her death or for which a delay will create serious risk of substantial or irreversible impairment of a major bodily function. See O.C.G.A. § 31-9A-2

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Proper identification” means any document issued by a governmental agency containing a description of the person, the person’s photograph, or both, including, but not limited to, a driver’s license, an identification card or similar identification card issued by another state, a military identification card, a passport, or an appropriate work authorization issued by the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service. See O.C.G.A. §15-11-111

Unborn child” or “fetus” means a member of the species homo sapiens from fertilization until birth. See O.C.G.A. § 31-9A-2

Probable gestational age of the unborn child” means the physician’s best professional estimate of the probable gestational age of the unborn child at the time an abortion is to be performed. See O.C.G.A. §31-9A-2

Long Term Acute Care is defined as hospital care that is provided to patients that meet acute care criteria. Their hospitalization generally requires greater than 25 days.

There have been many attempts to define tourism. One of the most enduring definitions is that used by the Tourism Society:‘ the temporary short term movement of people to destinations outside places where they normally live & work, & their activities during their stay at these destinations’.

Hepatitis means “inflammation of the liver.” Many viruses, alcohol, drugs, and various chemicals can cause hepatitis.

Autism is a spectrum disorder, which means it manifests itself in many different forms. A diagnosis can range from mild to severe, and though children who have it (i.e. are on the spectrum) are likely to exhibit similar traits, they're also as individual as the colors of a rainbow, each one managing a grab bag of symptoms. While one child may rarely speak and have difficulty learning how to read and write, another can be so high-functioning he's able to attend classes in a mainstream school.

Synchronous communication refers to interaction happening in real-time – a meeting or phone conference, for example.  Asynchronous communication happens anytime and doesn’t rely on being together at the same time – in person or electronically.  E-mail is a good example of asynchronous communication.  Unlike e-mail, asynchronous message boards allow an online discussion to be well-organized into threads.  It is a common technique used in online learning.

All of the specific course grading percentages include a line for course investment. Course investment is the only component of the grade where I can reward you for effort and the time you put into the course. The largest components of course investment are attendance and speaking up in class, since coming to class prepared to discuss the readings every time requires quite a lot of time and effort. Minor or ungraded assignments may also be incorporated into the course investment grade.

Quality assurance may be defined as a planned system of activities whose purpose is to provide assurance that the quality control programme is actually effective.

Just below your MRTalk ID is a drop-down menu. Click on it and select the appropriate Presence status, alternatively define a custom message.

The Social Security Administration defines disability as the inability to engage in substantial gainful activity by reason of any medically determinable physical or mental impairment which has lasted or can be expected to last for a continuous period of not less than 12 months. Even if you have not been disabled for 12 consecutive months you may apply for benefits. There is no waiting period, you can apply for benefits as soon as you are no longer able to engage in substantial employment.

This message tells you to wait until the file that another user has uploaded is finally stored, if only temporarily, on the server in a shared folder.

This is a common and completely false claim.  The simple fact is that Oregonians would not have voted for a loosely written, open-ended law. The law’s multiple safeguards specifically require and guarantee direct patient involvement. In direct contrast, euthanasia is a loose, ambiguous concept that often implies a person's involuntary death.

There are no specific weight or age requirements but, in general, infants are discharged before their original due dates.

No. The “morning after” pill is designed to prevent pregnancy like oral contraceptive pills by preventing ovulation or conception. It does not terminate a pregnancy.

After learning about your problem, the physical therapist will perform some painless testing that includes: performing the Dix-Hallpike maneuver, a test to determine if you have any loose calcium carbonate crystals in your ear

While ISDS is exploring this issue further, there are two things to try if you frequently are kicked out of the system and it is not a “timed-out” situation (no key strokes for 90 minutes).

This is a specified behavior of the AiOS Shortcut, the Sidebar Switch and the Toggle Button. You can enable this feature in the options dialog by selecting it under General > Behavior > Open/Close the Sidebar in Fx 1.5 or under General > Special > Open/Close Sidebar in Fx 2.x. The Advanced Options Mode must be enabled. If you enable this feature for e.g. the Sidebar Switch, then the Switch will show/hide the sidebar and the toolbar, if both were visible or invisible.

Some of the food is grown on the six-acre property, and the rest is funded by contributions to the Foundation. Fifty villagers have been trained to operate the facility to the highest standards of nutrition and hygiene. For the first time, when the villagers wake up in the morning, they are assured of having a hot meal and can focus on caring for their families.

Question: Why is certification needed? Genealogy is all over the Internet. Anyone who types an ancestor’s name into a browser can easily find all sorts of information. Answer: For all subjects, the Internet is a wonderland of ideas, facts, contradictions, and outright misinformation. What is reliable and what is not? To give us a basis for determining reliability, we apply common standards.

Answer: If your application has not been successful and you feel you have been inappropriately judged, you may file an appeal. To do so, return your full application, explain why you feel a hearing is justified, and outline the points to be reconsidered. Your application and your judges’ evaluations will be reviewed by the full Board of Trustees at its next annual meeting.

If AccuStandard has a product with known or suspected solubility problems that can be corrected by sonication, “sonicate” is written on the label. An example of when this could happen is with products that may precipitate out of solution when they get cold. During shipment we cannot control the temperature of the products, and some of the less soluble analytes may start to precipitate out.

The FDA regulates what constitutes strength, or fold. Single fold means that 13.4 oz of vanilla pods are extracted into one gallon of alcohol. Only vanilla extracted in 35% alcohol is considered pure by the FDA. Double fold, triple fold, etc. refers to extracts using more vanilla pods. These stronger folds are generally used only by commercial food producers. All home recipes are designed for single fold and most bakers and chefs use single fold.