NORTH CAROLINA GENERAL ASSEMBLY
1971 SESSION

CHAPTER 35
HOUSE BILL 163

AN ACT TO ALLOW A MINOR 18 YEARS OF AGE TO GIVE CONSENT FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT.

The General Assembly of North Carolina do enact:

Section 1.  Article 1A of Chapter 90 of the General Statutes is hereby amended by rewriting the title thereof to read as follows:
"Article 1A.
Treatment of Minors."
and by adding at the end thereof a new section, G.S. 90-21.5, to read as follows:
"§ 90-21.5.  Consent of minors 18 years of age or older, etc. — (a) Notwithstanding the provisions of G.S. 90-21.1, G.S. 90-21.2 and G.S. 90-21.3, any minor who is 18 years of age or older or is emancipated may consent to any medical treatment, dental and health services for himself or for his child.
(b)	Any minor may give effective consent for medical health services to determine the presence of or to treat venereal diseases and other diseases reportable under G.S. 130-81, and the consent of no other person shall be necessary."
Sec. 2.  This act shall become effective upon ratification.
In the General Assembly read three times and ratified, this the 2nd day of March, 1971.