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2009 Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 199 and Commitment
199.240. Consent required for medical or surgical treatment.
Consent required for medical or surgical treatment.
199.240. No person committed to a facility designated by the curators of the University of Missouri under sections 199.170 to 199.270 shall be required to submit to medical or surgical treatment without his consent, or, if incapacitated, without the consent of his legal guardian, or, if a minor, without the consent of a parent or next of kin.
(L. 1961 p. 518 ยง 9, A.L. 1971 H.B. 581, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1985 S.B. 19, A.L. 1996 S.B. 540)Effective 7-1-96
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