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School and medication refusal. She's out of control
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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 563066" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>The age in which a person can refuse medications varies from state to state. In OK a person under 18 can refuse medications at any time. They still have to take them. In a hospital or psychiatric hospital setting the staff can give medications via injection or if a shot version isn't available or cannot be administered for some reason they will use a tube through the nose into the throat. This is also true for those who are involuntarily committed but over 18, or the person is not competent to make decisions (as decreed by the court). </p><p></p><p>If a teen truly feels that the medications are not something they want, they have to go before a judge and the judge will make the decision on each medication as a separate issue. Teen in the psychiatric hospital are told this, and they are told that they will still have to take the medications until the judge makes a ruling. </p><p></p><p>This is done because children are not able to see the long term consequences for their behavior, and it is for their own well being. I know other states do this differently, but that is the rule here.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 563066, member: 1233"] The age in which a person can refuse medications varies from state to state. In OK a person under 18 can refuse medications at any time. They still have to take them. In a hospital or psychiatric hospital setting the staff can give medications via injection or if a shot version isn't available or cannot be administered for some reason they will use a tube through the nose into the throat. This is also true for those who are involuntarily committed but over 18, or the person is not competent to make decisions (as decreed by the court). If a teen truly feels that the medications are not something they want, they have to go before a judge and the judge will make the decision on each medication as a separate issue. Teen in the psychiatric hospital are told this, and they are told that they will still have to take the medications until the judge makes a ruling. This is done because children are not able to see the long term consequences for their behavior, and it is for their own well being. I know other states do this differently, but that is the rule here. [/QUOTE]
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