§577A-4  Financial responsibility;
counseling.  (a)  If a minor consents to receive medical care and services,
the spouse, parent, custodian, or guardian of the minor patient shall not be
liable for the legal obligations resulting from the furnishing of medical care
and services provided by the public and private hospital, or public and private
clinic or physician licensed to practice medicine.  A minor who consents to the
provision of medical care and services under this section shall assume
financial responsibility for the costs of such medical care and services.  Any
other law to the contrary notwithstanding, no spouse, parent, custodian, or
guardian whose consent has not been obtained or who has no prior knowledge that
the minor has consented to the provision of such medical care and services
shall be liable for the costs incurred by virtue of the minor's consent.



(b)  Medical care and services shall include
individual counseling for each minor patient by a physician licensed to
practice medicine.  Such counseling shall seek to open the lines of
communication between parent and child. [L 1975, c 171, §1(2); am L 1979, c
230, pt of §1]