( CNN ) -- North Carolina officials have pulled the license of one of 15 clinics in the state specializing in abortions , with the state citing alleged health and safety violations found during a recent inspection . Femcare medical clinic in Asheville was cited for 23 different violations , including failing to clean operating beds , using tape to hold the gas delivery system together , and not have a resuscitator available for patients . The clinic 's license was suspended Wednesday , some two weeks after the inspection . North Carolina Gov . Pat McCrory last week signed a law requiring all abortion clinics to be held to the same standards as outpatient surgical centers this past Monday . North Carolina governor signs abortion bill into law . But the state Department of Health and Human Services said the Femcare inspection was part of a routine facilities check , and the passage of the state 's recent abortion bill had nothing to do with the clinic 's closure . In a news release , the state agency described what it called `` egregious violations of existing rules that revealed an imminent threat to the health and safety of patients '' at the Asheville facility . In a statement , Femcare said , `` Since the state 's last site visit in August 2006 there have been no changes in our operating protocols , '' and went on to say , `` We expect to be in compliance soon with the required standards and will return to serving our patients as soon as possible . '' Watch : Speaker heckled over N.C. abortion bill .
The state cites 23 violations of regulations at a clinic in Asheville . The clinic says it expects to be in compliance soon . TL;DR