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139A.35 MINORS.
A minor shall have the legal capacity to act and give consent to
provision of medical care or services to the minor for the
prevention, diagnosis, or treatment of a sexually transmitted disease
or infection by a hospital, clinic, or health care provider. Such
medical care or services shall be provided by or under the
supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery
or osteopathic medicine and surgery, a physician assistant, or an
advanced registered nurse practitioner. Consent shall not be subject
to later disaffirmance by reason of such minority. The consent of
another person, including but not limited to the consent of a spouse,
parent, custodian, or guardian, shall not be necessary. Section History: Recent Form
2000 Acts, ch 1066, §31; 2008 Acts, ch 1058, §11; 2008 Acts, ch
1088, §141
