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<blockquote data-quote="flutterbee" data-source="post: 97443"><p>I just spent about 2 hours searching the Ohio Revised Code and couldn't find anything. That doesn't mean it's not there. This is the closest thing I've found:</p><p></p><p><a href="https://www.osma.org/" target="_blank">https://www.osma.org/</a></p><p></p><p>Go down to the 'Who is a mature minor?' question.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It would seem to me that if a mature minor can give informed consent than s/he can refuse treatment, too, but I'm not an attorney.</p><p></p><p>I would contact an attorney or the Ohio State Medical Board for clarification. The Medical Board enforces compliance issues per the ORC, so they should be able to give you an answer.</p><p></p><p>Also, during my search of the ORC I found several references to 'mentally ill person' and his/her ability to make decisions so I would think that presence of mental illness would make it harder for a doctor to declare a minor a mature minor considering that, "The physician should employ the same criteria used to determine the ability of an adult to consent whose decisional capacity is in question." Again, I'm no attorney. Just thinking logically.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterbee, post: 97443"] I just spent about 2 hours searching the Ohio Revised Code and couldn't find anything. That doesn't mean it's not there. This is the closest thing I've found: [URL]https://www.osma.org/[/URL] Go down to the 'Who is a mature minor?' question. It would seem to me that if a mature minor can give informed consent than s/he can refuse treatment, too, but I'm not an attorney. I would contact an attorney or the Ohio State Medical Board for clarification. The Medical Board enforces compliance issues per the ORC, so they should be able to give you an answer. Also, during my search of the ORC I found several references to 'mentally ill person' and his/her ability to make decisions so I would think that presence of mental illness would make it harder for a doctor to declare a minor a mature minor considering that, "The physician should employ the same criteria used to determine the ability of an adult to consent whose decisional capacity is in question." Again, I'm no attorney. Just thinking logically. [/QUOTE]
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