REFERENCE TITLE: prescription orders; minors; parental notification

State of Arizona House of Representatives Forty-seventh Legislature Second Regular Session 2006

HB 2707

Introduced by Representative Tully

 

AN ACT

 

Amending title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, by adding section 32-3210; relating to health professionals.

 

 

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Be it enacted by the Legislature of the State of Arizona:

Section 1.  Title 32, chapter 32, article 1, Arizona Revised Statutes, is amended by adding section 32-3210, to read:

START_STATUTE32-3210.  Prescription orders; minors; parental consent

A.  A health professional shall not issue a prescription order to a person who is under eighteen years of age unless the health professional has secured the written consent from one of the minor's parents or the minor's guardian or conservator.

B.  A health professional who violates this section commits an act of unprofessional conduct. END_STATUTE