Printable Format38-122. Consent by parent for surgery and other procedures on child. Any parent, including a parent who is a minor, whether married or unmarried, may consent to the performance upon his or her child of a medical, surgical or post mortem procedure by a physician licensed to practice medicine or surgery. The consent of a parent who is a minor shall not be voidable because of such minority, but for such purpose a parent who is a minor shall be deemed to have the same legal capacity to act and shall have the same powers and obligations as has a person of legal age.
History: L. 1967, ch. 241, ยง 1; July 1.
Cross References to Related Sections:
Emergency care of minors, see 65-2891.
Consent by minor for treatment of venereal disease, see 65-2892.
Consent by minor for treatment of drug abuse, misuse or addiction, see 65-2892a.
Law Review and Bar Journal References:
"Abortion Rights of Young Women: The Supreme Court Attacks the Most Vulnerable," Simon Heller, 30 W.L.J. 15, 24 (1990).