This Kansas statute allows minors aged 16 or older to consent to hospital, medical, or surgical treatment or procedures on their own behalf when no parent or guardian is immediately available, and that consent cannot be voided due to the minor's age. This is a general consent law governing the legal authority of minors to authorize their own care, not a facility licensing or operating standards regulation.
View official source2026 Kansas Statutes Prev Article 1. - GENERAL PROVISIONS Next 38-123b. Consent by minor 16 or over to hospital, medical or surgical treatment or procedures. Notwithstanding any other provision of the law, any minor sixteen (16) years of age or over, where no parent or guardian is immediately available, may give consent to the performance and furnishing of hospital, medical or surgical treatment or procedures and such consent shall not be subject to disaffirmance because of minority. The consent of a parent or guardian of such a minor shall not be necessary in order to authorize the proposed hospital, medical or surgical treatment or procedures. History: L. 1969, ch. 220, § 1; July 1. Prev Article 1. - GENERAL PROVISIONS Next Related Statutes © 2026 Revisor of Statutes, State of Kansas