Effective - 28 Aug 2013, 2 histories
199.240. Consent required for medical or surgical treatment. — No person committed to a facility designated by the department of health and senior services under sections 199.170 to 199.350 shall be required to submit to medical or surgical treatment without such person's consent, or, if incapacitated, without the consent of his or her legal guardian, or, if a minor, without the consent of a parent or next of kin, unless authorized by a written order of the circuit court under section 199.200 or as otherwise permitted by law.
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(L. 1961 p. 518 § 9, A.L. 1971 H.B. 581, A.L. 1983 S.B. 44 & 45, A.L. 1985 S.B. 19, A.L. 1996 S.B. 540, A.L. 2010 S.B. 1007, A.L. 2013 S.B. 197)
Structure Missouri Revised Statutes
Title XII - Public Health and Welfare
Chapter 199 - Rehabilitation Center — Head Injury — Tuberculosis Testing and Commitment
Section 199.001 - Definitions.
Section 199.007 - Brain injury advisory council, advisory body to department.
Section 199.031 - Federal grants, department may receive, purposes — application.
Section 199.037 - Patient rights, rules and regulations, director to promulgate — exception.
Section 199.043 - Discrimination prohibited.
Section 199.051 - Inspections, department may conduct, when.
Section 199.170 - Definitions.
Section 199.190 - Patients not to be committed, when.
Section 199.220 - Order appealable.
Section 199.230 - Confinement on order, duration.
Section 199.240 - Consent required for medical or surgical treatment.
Section 199.250 - Facilities, contracts with, costs, how paid.
Section 199.270 - Proceedings for release of patient.
Section 199.275 - Active tuberculosis, infected persons, unlawful acts — violation, penalty.
Section 199.280 - Department authority in response to outbreaks.
Section 199.350 - Nursing homes and correctional centers, authority to promulgate rules for testing.