Kan. Stat. § 38-122

Current through 2024 Session Acts Chapter 111 and 2024 Special Session Acts Chapter 4
Section 38-122 - Consent by parent for surgery and other procedures on child

Any parent, including a parent who is a minor, whether married or unmarried, may consent to the performance upon his or her child of a medical, surgical or post mortem procedure by a physician licensed to practice medicine or surgery. The consent of a parent who is a minor shall not be voidable because of such minority, but for such purpose a parent who is a minor shall be deemed to have the same legal capacity to act and shall have the same powers and obligations as has a person of legal age.

K.S.A. 38-122

L. 1967, ch. 241, § 1; July 1.