Attorney General Opinion No. 1983-039

Download or read book Attorney General Opinion No. 1983-039 written by Robert T. Stephan and published by . This book was released on 1983 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The existence of statutes which provide that persons who have attained a prescribed age can give informed consent to receive medical treatment under certain circumstances, or which expressly relieve a physician or other health care provider from civil liability for competently furnishing certain medical services to minors, does not preclude the possibility that a particular minor may be capable of giving informed consent to receive other medical services or contraceptives. However, absent a statute which prescribes that all persons of a prescribed age can give informed consent to receive contraceptives or medical treatment, or which expressly relieves a physician or other health care provider from liability for providing contraceptives or medical treatment to persons less than the statutorily-prescribed age of majority, it would be a question of fact for the trier of facts to determine whether informed consent could be given by a particular person and whether such consent indeed had been given. Cited herein: K.S.A. 38-101, 38-123b, 65-2891, 65-2892, 65-2892a.