In Utah, patients who consent to "hormonal transgender treatment" or surgery on "sex characteristics" while they are minors ...

This is the third year the legislation has been brought forth by Brown. It failed to pass the Senate during the 2024 legislative session.

"Among the various genres of medical negligence for which physicians may be held liable is the failure to properly advise or inform patients regarding the risks involved with medical conditions and ...

The bill would require that a person must be 18 to give medical consent unless they are married, divorced, pregnant, ...

Online consent is typically given when users click a button to agree to a website's terms and conditions. Critics argue that ...

The recently released New York State Executive Budget for Fiscal Year 2026 contains proposed revisions to a recently enacted law impacting ...

If patients decide to have a shared record they should be able to make decisions about which organisations can access their ...

The new rules also state that clinicians must ask for details of the patient’s GP and get the patient’s consent to contact ...

As artificial intelligence rapidly gains prominence and sophistication, health care professionals in Rhode Island have been ...

Under the Health Care Malpractice Act, updated in 2023, minors can recant their consent before age 25 if they develop a “permanent injury” from their treatment, with the argument that their doctor ...