255.22  Treatment authorized.

No minor or incompetent person shall be treated for any malady or deformity except such as is reasonably well described in the order of court or the report of the examining physician, unless permission for such treatment is provided for in the order of court, or is granted by the person's parents or guardian; but the physician in charge may administer such treatment or perform such surgical operations as are usually required in cases of emergency.

Section History: Early form

  [SS15, § 254-l; C24, 27, 31, 35, § 4024; C39, § 3828.153; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 255.22]


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