2018 -- H 7736 | |
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LC004985 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2018 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSENT TO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL | |
CARE | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Vella-Wilkinson, Maldonado, Messier, Bennett, and | |
Date Introduced: February 28, 2018 | |
Referred To: House Judiciary | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 23-4.6-1 of the General Laws in Chapter 23-4.6 entitled "Consent |
2 | to Medical and Surgical Care" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 23-4.6-1. Consent to medical and surgical care. |
4 | (a) Any person of the age of sixteen (16) or over or married may consent to routine |
5 | emergency medical or surgical care. A minor parent may consent to treatment of his or her child. |
6 | (b) In addition to the provisions of subsection (a) of this section, any person, including, |
7 | but not limited to, a minor who is pregnant, may give effective consent for medical, dental, health |
8 | and hospital services relating to prenatal, delivery, and post-delivery care and any and all |
9 | medications used for the treatment of pain related thereto including, but not limited to, an |
10 | epidural. Consent shall not be given pursuant to this subsection for abortion or sterilization. |
11 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO HEALTH AND SAFETY -- CONSENT TO MEDICAL AND SURGICAL | |
CARE | |
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1 | This act would provide that any person, including, but not limited to, a minor who is |
2 | pregnant, could give effective consent for medical, dental, health and hospital services relating to |
3 | prenatal, delivery, and post-delivery care. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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