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Home » US Law » 2019 US Virgin Islands Code » Title 19 - Health » Part II - Hospitals and Nursing Schools » Chapter 18 - Medical and Surgical Treatment of Minors

§ 291. Treatment permitted

Any physician, surgeon, institution or facility of the Department of Health or any public or private hospital, or any Federally Qualified Health Center as designated by the Bureau of Primary Health Care and the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services may provide counseling, examination, treatment, hospitalization and medical and surgical care for any minor for […]

§ 292. Consequences of treatment

Whenever a minor is examined, treated, hospitalized, or receives medical or surgical care under section 291 of this chapter: (a) His consent shall not be subject to disaffirmance or revocation because of minority. (b) The parent, parents, or legal guardian shall not, except for care rendered under subsection (d) of such section, be liable for […]

§ 293. Immunity from suit

Any minor who is examined, treated, hospitalized, or who received medical or surgical treatment under this chapter may give legal consent, and no person, hospital, or governmental agency administering or responsible for administering such medical or surgical treatment shall be liable, except for gross, willful or wanton negligence, for treating such minor without advising the […]