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Minor consent laws allow young people aged 12 and over to consent to certain services without parent or guardian involvement. Minors may consent to certain services related to sexual and reproductive health, mental health, and drug and alcohol treatment.

By law, healthcare professionals only need 1 person with parental responsibility to give consent for them to provide treatment. In cases where 1 parent disagrees with the treatment, doctors are often unwilling to go against their wishes and will try to gain agreement.

You are 16 or 17 and live apart from your parents and manage your own finances. You will be asked to sign a form stating that these are your living arrangements. You are emancipated. Your parent(s)/guardian cannot be contacted.

In all other cases, the federal regulations require the researcher to obtain consent (permission) from both parents unless the other parent is deceased, unknown, incompetent, or not reasonably available, or when only one parent has legal responsibility for the care and custody of the child.

A minor 15 years of age or older may give consent to hospital care, medical or surgical diagnosis or treatment by a physician, dentist, physician assistant, or nurse practitioner without the consent of a parent or guardian of the minor.

State law provides that persons under 21 years may apply for minor consent services Medi-Cal without their parents' consent or knowledge.

Most doctors, health care professionals and hospitals require written permission from your parents or legal guardian before seeing you.

I, _____________________________________________, parent or legal guardian of _______________________________________________, born ________________________, do hereby consent to any medical care and the administration of anesthesia determined by a physician to be necessary for the welfare of my child while said child ...

Under the law in BC, a child under age 19 may consent to their own health care — if they are capable. The law considers a child capable if they understand the need for the health care, what the care involves, and the consequences (the benefits and risks) of getting the care — or not getting the care.