§ 1434. Consent for Health Care.

The health administrator, in cooperation with the facility administrator, shall establish written policy and procedures to obtain informed consent for health care examinations and treatment.

(a) All examinations, treatments, and procedures requiring verbal or written informed consent in the community also require that consent for confined youth.

(b) There shall be provision for obtaining parental consent and obtaining authorization for health care services from the court when there is no parent/guardian or other person standing in loco parentis, including the requirements in Welfare and Institutions Code Section 739.

(c) Policy and procedures shall be consistent with applicable statutes in those instances where the youth's consent for testing or treatment is sufficient or specifically required.

(d) Conservators can provide consent only within limits of their court authorization.

Youth may refuse, verbally or in writing, non-emergency medical and mental health care.

HISTORY

1. New section filed 3-6-97; operative 4-5-97 (Register 97, No. 10).

2. Amendment of section and Note filed 12-2-2013; operative 4-1-2014 (Register 2013, No. 49).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 210 and 885, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Section 209, Welfare and Institutions Code.