Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.
70.24.110 - Minors—Treatment, consent, liability for payment for care.

RCW 70.24.110
Minors—Treatment, consent, liability for payment for care.

A minor fourteen years of age or older who may have come in contact with any sexually transmitted disease or suspected sexually transmitted disease may give consent to the furnishing of hospital, medical, and surgical care related to the diagnosis or treatment of such disease; and treatment to avoid HIV infection. Such consent shall not be subject to disaffirmance because of minority. The consent of the parent, parents, or legal guardian of such minor shall not be necessary to authorize hospital, medical, and surgical care related to such disease, and such parent, parents, or legal guardian shall not be liable for payment for any care rendered pursuant to this section.

[ 2020 c 76 § 7; 1988 c 206 § 912; 1969 ex.s. c 164 § 1.]

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 70 - Public Health and Safety

Chapter 70.24 - Control and Treatment of Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

70.24.005 - Transfer of duties to the department of health.

70.24.015 - Legislative finding.

70.24.017 - Definitions.

70.24.022 - Interviews, examination, counseling, or treatment of infected persons or persons believed to be infected—Dissemination of false information—Penalty.

70.24.024 - Orders for examinations and counseling—Investigation—Issuance of health order—Notice and hearing—Exception.

70.24.025 - Violations of health order—Penalties.

70.24.027 - Intentional transmission of HIV—Penalties.

70.24.034 - Detention—Grounds—Order—Hearing.

70.24.050 - Diagnosis of sexually transmitted diseases—Confirmation—Anonymous prevalence reports.

70.24.070 - Detention and treatment facilities.

70.24.080 - Penalty.

70.24.084 - Violations of chapter—Aggrieved persons—Right of action.

70.24.090 - Pregnant women—Test for syphilis.

70.24.110 - Minors—Treatment, consent, liability for payment for care.

70.24.120 - Sexually transmitted disease case investigators—Authority to obtain specimens.

70.24.130 - Adoption of rules.

70.24.150 - Immunity of certain public employees.

70.24.220 - Sexually transmitted disease education in public schools—Finding.

70.24.290 - Public school employees—Rules for blood-borne pathogens education and training.

70.24.325 - Testing—Insurance requirements.

70.24.340 - Employees' substantial exposure to bodily fluids—Procedure and court orders.

70.24.360 - Jail detainees—Testing of persons who present a possible risk.

70.24.370 - Correction facility inmates—Testing—Procedure.

70.24.400 - Funding for office on AIDS—Center for AIDS education—Department's duties for awarding grants.

70.24.420 - Additional local funding of treatment programs not required.

70.24.430 - Application of chapter to persons subject to jurisdiction of department of corrections.

70.24.450 - Confidentiality—Reports—Unauthorized disclosures.

70.24.901 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.