The department may collect data from health providers and medical facilities for purposes of performing analyses of pregnancy outcomes to determine the number, or if that is not possible, the best available estimate of the number, of each of the following:

(1) Ectopic pregnancies;

(2) Stillbirths;

(3) Live births;

(4) Molar pregnancies;

(5) Spontaneous abortions;

(6) Induced abortions; and

(7) Any other pregnancy–related classifications the department deems useful.

Source: SL 1993, ch 251, § 2A.