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2012 Missouri Revised Statutes
TITLE XII PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 199 Commitment
Section 199.240 Consent required for medical or surgical treatment.
MO Rev Stat § 199.240 (2012) What's This?
Consent required for medical or surgical treatment.
199.240. No person committed to a facility designated by the department of health and senior services 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 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, A.L. 2010 S.B. 1007)
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