Unwed Pregnant Minor or Minor Mother; Consent to Medical Services for Minor or Minor’s Child Valid.

1. Law
2. Florida Statutes
3. Domestic Relations
4. Disability of Nonage of Minors Removed
5. Unwed Pregnant Minor or Minor Mother; Consent to Medical Services for Minor or Minor’s Child Valid.

(1) An unwed pregnant minor may consent to the performance of medical or surgical care or services relating to her pregnancy by a hospital or clinic or by a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, and such consent is valid and binding as if she had achieved her majority.

(2) An unwed minor mother may consent to the performance of medical or surgical care or services for her child by a hospital or clinic or by a physician licensed under chapter 458 or chapter 459, and such consent is valid and binding as if she had achieved her majority.

(3) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of chapter 390.

History.—s. 1, ch. 79-302; s. 83, ch. 99-3; s. 4, ch. 2020-147.

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