2005 Connecticut Code - Sec. 19a-592. Testing and treatment of minor for HIV or AIDS. Confidentiality. Liability for costs.
Sec. 19a-592. Testing and treatment of minor for HIV or AIDS. Confidentiality. Liability for costs. (a) Any licensed physician may examine and provide treatment
for human immunodeficiency virus infection, or acquired immune deficiency syndrome
for a minor, only with the consent of the parents or guardian of the minor unless the
physician determines that notification of the parents or guardian of the minor will result
in treatment being denied or the physician determines the minor will not seek, pursue
or continue treatment if the parents or guardian are notified and the minor requests that
his parents or guardian not be notified. The physician shall fully document the reasons
for the determination to provide treatment without the consent or notification of the
parents or guardian of the minor and shall include such documentation, signed by the
minor, in the minor's clinical record. The fact of consultation, examination and treatment
of a minor under the provisions of this section shall be confidential and shall not be
divulged without the minor's consent, including the sending of a bill for the services to
any person other than the minor until the physician consults with the minor regarding
the sending of a bill.
(P.A. 92-119, S. 1.)
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