Acts and Regulations

M-6.1 - Medical Consent of Minors Act

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Order of The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick dispensing with consent
2023, c.17, s.151
4(1)Where the consent of a parent or guardian to medical treatment of a minor is required by law and is refused or otherwise not obtainable, any person may apply to a judge of The Court of King’s Bench of New Brunswick for an order dispensing with the consent.
4(2)The Court shall hear the application in a summary manner and may proceed ex parte or otherwise and where it is satisfied that the withholding of the medical treatment would endanger the life or seriously impair the health of the minor, may by order dispense with the consent of the parent or guardian to such medical treatment as is specified in the order.
1979, c.41, s.78; 2023, c.17, s.151
Order of The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick dispensing with consent
4(1)Where the consent of a parent or guardian to medical treatment of a minor is required by law and is refused or otherwise not obtainable, any person may apply to a judge of The Court of Queen’s Bench of New Brunswick for an order dispensing with the consent.
4(2)The Court shall hear the application in a summary manner and may proceed ex parte or otherwise and where it is satisfied that the withholding of the medical treatment would endanger the life or seriously impair the health of the minor, may by order dispense with the consent of the parent or guardian to such medical treatment as is specified in the order.
1979, c.41, s.78