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2011 California Code
Family Code
DIVISION 11. MINORS [6500 - 7143]
CHAPTER 2. Consent by Person Having Care of Minor or by Court
Section 6910
CA Fam Code § 6910 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?
The parent, guardian, or caregiver of a minor who is a relative of the minor and who may authorize medical care and dental care under Section 6550, may authorize in writing an adult into whose care a minor has been entrusted to consent to medical care or dental care, or both, for the minor.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 563, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997.)
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