Insertion of urinary catheter into patient under age sixteen without consent of parent or guardian prohibited.

1. Law
2. South Dakota Codified Laws
3. Public Health and Safety
4. Health Care Consent Procedures
5. Insertion of urinary catheter into patient under age sixteen without consent of parent or guardian prohibited.

34-12C-9. Insertion of urinary catheter into patient under age sixteen without consent of parent or guardian prohibited.

Notwithstanding any other provision of law a health care provider or any other person authorized to insert a urinary catheter may not insert a catheter into a patient under the age of sixteen without the verbal or written consent of the child's parent or guardian unless it is a medical emergency or a medical necessity.

Source: SL 2018, ch 202, §1.

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