Informed Consent

when is consent required

for any medical or surgical procedures including diagnostics

can you use one consent if there are multiple procedures done

no patient needs separate consents for each procedure

3 conditions to sign an informed consent

competent, able to receive and understand information, acting on their own free will

consent 

legal binding document 

assent

not a legal binding document, allow child to get all the information so they can give permission to their own procedure 

why is assent given

helps pull the child into their careteam and gives them a sense of control and autonomy

who decides to do an emergency medical procedure without consent

the provider decides if they want to move forward with emergency procedure and give life saving treatment 

what type of treatments allow the adolescent to give their own consent without parental consent

STI, mental health, substance dependency, contraception, pregnancy

consent with child abuse and neglect

don’t need parental consent to evaluate a child who got abused or neglect 

right to medical chart

the parents won’t know the patient’s medication information but they do have the rights to their child’s medical chart