Any legally authorized medical, dental, health or mental health services may be rendered to minors of any age without the consent of a parent or legal guardian when, in the physician's judgment, an attempt to secure consent would result in delay of treatment which would increase the risk to the minor's life, health or mental health.
Structure Code of Alabama
Title 22 - Health, Mental Health, and Environmental Control.
Title 1 - Health and Environmental Control Generally.
Chapter 8 - Consent for Health Services.
Section 22-8-1 - Persons Physically or Mentally Unable to Consent.
Section 22-8-2 - When Consent of Missing Husband or Wife Not Required.
Section 22-8-3 - When Physician May Proceed Without Consent of Parent.
Section 22-8-4 - When Minor May Give Consent Generally.
Section 22-8-5 - Consent of Minor for Self and Child.
Section 22-8-8 - Consents Authorized Deemed Cumulative.
Section 22-8-9 - Consent of Minor to Donation of Bone Marrow; Consent by Parent or Legal Guardian.