Section 17-404. Waiting period

A sterilization may not be performed sooner
  than thirty days following the initial informed  consent  given  by  the
  patient  unless  the  patient waives the thirty-day waiting period under
  the following circumstances:
    1. A patient who has completed the appropriate forms and informational
  session, and who has signed the required informed consent form at  least
  thirty days prior to her anticipated delivery date, may be sterilized in
  less  than  thirty  days,  but  in  no  case less than seventy-two hours
  following the initial informed consent given  by  such  patient  if  she
  delivers  prior  to  the  anticipated  date  and  the  sterilization  is
  performed at the time of delivery.
    2. A patient who has completed the appropriate forms and informational
  session and who signs the required consent form  at  least  thirty  days
  prior  to  the  anticipated sterilization may be sterilized in less than
  thirty days if that patient is, within the thirty-day  period,  admitted
  to  a  facility for emergency abdominal surgery and the sterilization is
  concurrent with  the  abdominal  surgery,  but  in  no  case  shall  the
  sterilization  occur  less  than  seventy-two  hours  after  the initial
  consent.
    3. If a patient appears for delivery or emergency abdominal surgery at
  a facility other than that  at  which  the  patient  has  completed  the
  appropriate  forms  and  informational  session,  the receiving facility
  shall contact, by  telephone,  the  facility  at  which  the  forms  and
  procedures  were  completed for verification of same. This must be noted
  in the record, with the name and  title  of  the  person  providing  the
  information,  the  date  that  the  consent  form  was  signed  and  the
  anticipated delivery date if under subdivision one of  this  section  or
  sterilization  date  if  under subdivision two of this section. If it is
  verified that the consent form was signed at least thirty days prior  to
  the  anticipated  delivery or sterilization date, the receiving facility
  may perform the sterilization operation. Telephone verification may  not
  be  waived  unless  the patient presents a duplicate copy of the initial
  consent, duly signed, witnessed and dated at least thirty days prior  to
  the anticipated delivery or sterilization date.