431.062. Minor cannot disaffirm contract, when--parents or guardian not liable, exception--disclosure by physician authorized, when.
Minor cannot disaffirm contract, when--parents or guardian not liable,exception--disclosure by physician authorized, when.
431.062. Whenever a minor is examined, treated,hospitalized, or receives medical or surgical care undersubdivision (4) of subsection 1 of section 431.061:
(1) His consent shall not be subject to disaffirmance orrevocation because of minority;
(2) The parent, parents, or conservator shall not be liablefor payment for such care unless the parent, parents, orconservator has expressly agreed to pay for such care;
(3) A physician or surgeon may, with or without the consentof the minor patient, advise the parent, parents, or conservatorof the examination, treatment, hospitalization, medical andsurgical care given or needed if the physician or surgeon hasreason to know the whereabouts of the parent, parents, orconservator. Such notification or disclosure shall notconstitute libel or slander, a violation of the right of privacyor a violation of the rule of privileged communication. In theevent that the minor is found not to be pregnant or not afflictedwith a venereal disease or not suffering from drug or substanceabuse, then no information with respect to any appointment,examination, test or other medical procedure shall be given tothe parent, parents, conservator or any other person.
(L. 1971 H.B. 73 § 2, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1987 H.B. 357)