This statute allows minors aged 12 and older who are diagnosed by a licensed physician or nurse practitioner as being under the influence of a dangerous drug or narcotic (including withdrawal symptoms) to be treated as an emergency case without parental consent. The minor is deemed to have consented to necessary hospital or medical care, and that consent cannot be voided due to the minor's age. Parental consent remains valid if obtained but is not required. This is a consent law, not a facility licensing or operating standards rule.
View official source44-133.01 . Capacity of minor to consent to treatment for use of a dangerous drug or narcotic Notwithstanding any other law, any minor who is at least twelve years of age who is found, upon diagnosis of a licensed physician or a registered nurse practitioner, to be under the influence of a dangerous drug or narcotic, which includes withdrawal symptoms, may be considered an emergency case and the minor is considered as having consented to hospital or medical care needed for treatment for that condition. Such consent is not subject to disaffirmance because of minority. The consent of the parent, parents or legal guardian of that minor is not necessary to authorize hospital or medical care, except that the consent is equally valid if obtained.