Any custodial parent having understanding and capacity to make and communicate health care decisions who is 18 years of age or older or who is emancipated may make an authorization to consent to health care for the parent’s minor child. (1993, c. 150, s. 1.)

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Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes 32A-30

  • Custodial parent: means a parent having sole or joint legal custody of that parent's minor child. See North Carolina General Statutes 32A-29
  • Health care: means any care, treatment, service or procedure to maintain, diagnose, treat, or provide for a minor child's physical or mental or personal care and comfort, including life sustaining procedures and dental care. See North Carolina General Statutes 32A-29
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