2011 Hawaii Code
DIVISION 3. PROPERTY; FAMILY
TITLE 31. FAMILY
577A. Legal Capacity of Minor Regarding Medical Care
§577A-4 Financial responsibility; counseling.
§577A-4 Financial responsibility; counseling. (a) If a minor consents to receive medical care and services, the spouse, parent, custodian, or guardian of the minor patient shall not be liable for the legal obligations resulting from the furnishing of medical care and services provided by the public and private hospital, or public and private clinic or physician licensed to practice medicine. A minor who consents to the provision of medical care and services under this section shall assume financial responsibility for the costs of such medical care and services. Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, no spouse, parent, custodian, or guardian whose consent has not been obtained or who has no prior knowledge that the minor has consented to the provision of such medical care and services shall be liable for the costs incurred by virtue of the minor's consent.
(b) Medical care and services shall include individual counseling for each minor patient by a physician licensed to practice medicine. Such counseling shall seek to open the lines of communication between parent and child. [L 1975, c 171, §1(2); am L 1979, c 230, pt of §1]
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