Terms Used In North Carolina General Statutes > Chapter 32A > Article 4 - Consent to Health Care for Minor

• Agent: means the person authorized pursuant to this Article to consent to and authorize health care for a minor child. See North Carolina General Statutes 32A-29
• Authorization to consent to health care for minor: means a written instrument, signed by the custodial parent and acknowledged before a notary public, pursuant to which the custodial parent authorizes an agent to authorize and consent to health care for the minor child of the custodial parent, and which substantially meets the requirements of this Article. See North Carolina General Statutes 32A-29
• Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
• Custodial parent: means a parent having sole or joint legal custody of that parent's minor child. See North Carolina General Statutes 32A-29
• following: when used by way of reference to any section of a statute, shall be construed to mean the section next preceding or next following that in which such reference is made; unless when some other section is expressly designated in such reference. See North Carolina General Statutes 12-3
• Health care: means any care, treatment, service or procedure to maintain, diagnose, treat, or provide for a minor child's physical or mental or personal care and comfort, including life sustaining procedures and dental care. See North Carolina General Statutes 32A-29