Children and Consent to Medical Treatment

It is up to us the parents to make these choices for our children. You must know your rights. We are not of this world, they do not want whats best for us or our children.

Children's consent to treatment - PubMed

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/8180530/

Children's competence to consent to medical treatment

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/17278870/

Free Minor (Child) Medical Consent Form - PDF

https://eforms.com/consent/child-medical/

Consent to medical treatment: the mature minor

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/21597522/

Law of Child Consent for Medical Treatment -

https://www.lawteacher.net/free-law-essays/family-law/law-of-child-consent-for-medical-treatment-law-essays.php

Children's capacity to consent to medical treatment

https://www.studocu.com/en-gb/document/coventry-university/family-law/childrens-capacity-to-consent-to-medical-treatment/17157619?origin=viewer-recommendation-6

CHAPTER 32. CONSENT TO TREATMENT OF CHILD BY NON-PARENT

https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.32.htm

Can a child obtain medical treatment without parental consent?

https://heritagedefense.org/can-a-child-obtain-medical-treatment-without-parental-consent/

The Mature Minor Doctrine
The “mature minor” doctrine provides for minors to give consent to medical procedures if they can show that they are mature enough to make a decision on their own.
It is a relatively new legal concept, and as of 2002 only a few states such as Arkansas and Nevada have enacted the doctrine into statute.

*** In several other states, including Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Illinois, Maine and Massachusetts, state high courts have adopted the doctrine as law.

https://healthcare.uslegal.com/treatment-of-minors/the-mature-minor-doctrine/

The Legal Authority of Mature Minors to Consent to General Medical Treatment

https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/131/4/786/31933/The-Legal-Authority-of-Mature-Minors-to-Consent-to?redirectedFrom=fulltext

Consent to Medical Treatment for the Mature Minor
Can children and young people consent to their own medical treatment? Consent issues involving children and young people are complex.

https://www.mdanational.com.au/advice-and-support/library/articles-and-case-studies/2017/07/Consent-to-Medical-Treatment-for-the-Mature-Minor

Not So Gray Anymore: A Mature Minor’s Capacity to Consent to Medical Treatment

https://www.law.uh.edu/healthlaw/perspectives/2006/(DM)MatureMinor.pdf

COMMONWEALTH V. D.E. NIXON, APLT; COMMONWEALTH V. L.A. NIXON, APLT (Concurring Opinion)

https://law.justia.com/cases/pennsylvania/supreme-court/2000/j-44-2000co.html

Reference Card: Minors' Access to Confidential ... - ACLU Pennsylvania
Generally, Pennsylvania law requires the consent of a parent or guardian for the medical treatment of anyone younger than 18 years of age (a "minor")
. However, Pennsylvania law permits a minor to consent to all medical, dental,
and other health services, except abortion, if the minor has: (1) graduated from high school, or (2) been married .

Who Can Consent to Health Services
Generally, Pennsylvania law requires the consent of a parent or guardian for the medical treatment of anyone younger than 18 years of age (a “minor”).

However,
Pennsylvania law permits a minor to consent to all medical, dental, and other health services, except abortion, if the minor has: (1) graduated from high school, or (2) been married, or (3) been pregnant.

An emancipated minor may consent to all health services including abortion. No other consent is required—a minor who meets one of these criteria enjoys the same rights to consent and confidentiality as an adult patient.

All minors have the ability to consent confidentially to certain medical services under Pennsylvania and U.S. law, which are described in detail below.

Confidentiality
Fear of disclosure prevents some minors from seeking health services.
When young people are assured that providers will maintain their confidentiality,
they are more likely to seek care. Generally the right to consent entitles the patient to confidentiality. When a minor has the right to consent,
a provider generally may not disclose the minor’s health care information to anyone,
including the minor’s parents or guardians, without the minor’s consent,
unless there is an explicit exception in the law that permits or requires the disclosure.
These exceptions are noted in each applicable section and explained in “Exceptions to Confidentiality.”

https://www.aclupa.org/en/reference-card-minors-access-confidential-health-care-pennsylvania

Informed consent outlined in new Pennsylvania Act 135

https://www.massdevice.com/informed-consent-outlined-new-pennsylvania-act-135/

original link by Gresham College

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xBeXcRACPZg