(410 ILCS 210/1) (from Ch. 111, par. 4501)
Sec. 1. Consent by minor. The consent to the performance of a health care service
by a physician licensed to practice medicine in all its branches, a chiropractic physician, a licensed optometrist, a licensed advanced practice registered nurse, or a licensed physician assistant 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. 99-173, eff. 7-29-15; 100-378, eff. 1-1-18; 100-513, eff. 1-1-18; 100-863, eff. 8-14-18.)
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