(410 ILCS 210/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 4501)
Sec. 1. Consent by minor. The consent to the performance of a medical or
surgical procedure
by a physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery, an advanced practice nurse who has a written collaborative agreement with a collaborating physician that authorizes provision of services for minors, or a physician assistant who has been delegated authority to provide services for minors executed by a
married person who is a minor, by a parent who is a minor, by a pregnant
woman who is a minor, or by
any person 18 years of age or older, is not voidable because of such
minority, and, for such purpose, a married person who is a minor, a parent
who is a minor, a
pregnant woman who is a minor, or any person 18 years of age or older, is
deemed to have the same legal capacity to act and has the same powers and
obligations as has a person of legal age.
(Source: P.A. 93-962, eff. 8-20-04.)
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