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Below is a list of laws that pertain to the treatment of minors. It is a part of the nurse's manual at the schools. While many of the below statutes have an adverse effect on parental rights issues, the more immediate long term efforts of this organization will largely focus on the area highlighted in red. This is a clear case of government interfering with parental rights and inhibits open and honest communication between children and their parents.





VII. MINOR CONSENT TO CARE AND CONFIDENTIALITY LAWS

(Refer to the statute directly for specific language.)


Maine Education Laws
  • Title 20-A, Chapter 201 § 4008 (2) - Privileged communication
  • Title 22, Chapter 260 § 1502 - Consent for services
  • Title 22, Chapter 260 § 1503 - Authority for consent for services
  • Title 22, Chapter 260 § 1505 - Notification of parent and Consent of minors for health services
  • Title 22, Chapter 260 § 1506 - Responsibility to pay
  • Title 22, Chapter 260 § 1507 - Consent for sexual assault services. Minors may consent
  • Title 22, Chapter 263-B§ 1597-A - Consent for Abortion
  • Title 22, Chapter 405 § 1823; Title 32, Chapters 3292, 3295 - Treatment of minors for alcohol/drugs, STD's and sexual assault evidence
  • Title 22, Chapter 406 § 1908 - Consent for family planning
  • Title 32, Chapter 48 § 3292 - Treatment of minors
  • Title 32, Chapter 56 § 3817 - Services to minors for drug abuse


Title 34-B, Chapter 3 § 3831 –Mental health hospitalization


Title 32: PROFESSIONS AND OCCUPATIONS Chapter 48: BOARD OF LICENSURE IN MEDICINE (HEADING: PL 1993, c. 600, Pt. A, §197 (rpr))
     Subchapter 3: GENERAL PROVISIONS
      
§3292. Treatment of minors


    An individual licensed under this chapter who renders medical care to a minor for treatment of venereal disease or abuse of drugs or alcohol or for the collection of sexual assault evidence through a sexual assault forensic examination is under no obligation to obtain the consent of the minor's parent or guardian or to inform the parent or guardian of the treatment. This section may not be construed to prohibit the licensed individual rendering the treatment from informing the parent or guardian. For purposes of this section, "abuse of drugs" means the use of drugs solely for their stimulant, depressant or hallucinogenic effect upon the higher functions of the central nervous system and not as a therapeutic agent recommended by a practitioner in the course of medical treatment. [1999, c. 90, §4 (amd).]



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