Section 9:17A-4.3 - Construction.

NJ Rev Stat § 9:17A-4.3 (2019) (N/A)
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9:17A-4.3 Construction.

3. Nothing in section 1 of P.L.1968, c.230 (C.9:17A-4) shall be construed to:

a. require a provider to continue to provide behavioral or mental health treatment to a minor if, in the provider's professional judgment, the consent or participation of the minor's parents is necessary for the proper care of the minor; or

b. allow a minor to refuse consent to mental or behavioral health treatment, except as may be otherwise authorized by law, when both the minor's provider and the minor's parents deem such treatment to be necessary.

L.2015, c.287, s.3.