Medical examination or treatment of adult person or dependent child less than 18 years of age; religious objections; discrimination; consent; limitations

Sec. 10. (a) An official, an agent, or a representative of:

(1) the state;

(2) a political subdivision or municipal corporation;

(3) a board, a bureau, a district, a welfare group, or an organization referred to in this chapter; or

(4) the federal Public Health Service when cooperating with an official, an agent, or a representative described in subdivisions (1) through (3);

may not compel an adult person or a dependent child less than eighteen (18) years of age to submit to a medical examination or treatment when the adult person or the parent or guardian of the child objects to the medical examination or treatment on religious grounds and may not permit discrimination against a dependent child less than eighteen (18) years of age or adult person because of the medical examination or treatment.

(b) This section does not limit the powers of:

(1) the state department;

(2) a local board of health; or

(3) other public health authority;

to establish quarantine, as provided by law, for the purpose of preventing the spread of communicable disease.

(c) A person who is at least eighteen (18) years of age is competent with regard to age to give consent or to object to the treatment or examinations required by this section.

[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-6.5-1-10.]

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.18.