Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, and without limiting cases in which consent may otherwise be obtained or is not required, any emancipated minor or any minor who has contracted a lawful marriage may give consent to the furnishing of hospital, medical and surgical care to such minor, and the consent is not subject to disaffirmance because of minority. The consent of a parent of an emancipated minor or of a minor who has contracted a lawful marriage is not necessary in order to authorize hospital, medical and surgical care. For the purposes of this section only, subsequent judgment of annulment of the marriage or judgment of divorce shall not deprive the minor of his adult status once attained.
History: 1953 Comp., § 12-12-1, enacted by Laws 1963, ch. 32, § 1; recompiled as 1953 Comp., § 12-25-1, by Laws 1972, ch. 51, § 9.
ANNOTATIONSCross references. — For health care decisions, see Chapter 24, Article 7A NMSA 1978.
For age of majority, see 28-6-1 NMSA 1978.
For effect of minority upon limitations period for malpractice actions, see 41-5-13 NMSA 1978.
Am. Jur. 2d, A.L.R. and C.J.S. references. — Power of courts or other public agencies, in the absence of statutory authority, to order compulsory medical care for adult, 9 A.L.R.3d 1391.
Voluntary acts: what voluntary acts of child, other than marriage or entry in military service, terminate parent's obligation to support, 32 A.L.R.3d 1055.
Medical practitioner's liability for treatment given child without parent's consent, 67 A.L.R.4th 511.
Power of court or other public agency to order medical treatment over parental religious objections for child whose life is not immediately endangered. 21 A.L.R.5th 248.
What voluntary acts of child, other than marriage or entry into military service, terminate parent's obligation to support, 55 A.L.R.5th 557.
42 C.J.S. Infants § 116.