A Minor and Medical Care
N.D.C.C. § 14-10-17 — at fourteen, care for a sexually transmitted disease or a substance use disorder without a parent
- Anyone fourteen or older may get examination, care or treatment for a sexually transmitted disease or a substance use disorder without a parent's consent.
- A provider may give a minor pregnancy testing and pregnancy pain management without a parent's consent.
- Prenatal care in the first trimester, or a single visit later, needs no parent's consent; more needs a good faith effort to reach a parent first.
Sources for this section (2)
- N.D.C.C. § 14-10-17 — Minors - Treatment for sexually transmitted disease - Substance use disorder
- N.D.C.C. § 14-10-19 — Minor's consent for prenatal care and other pregnancy care services
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