Legal Opinion
Opinion No.
Texas Attorney General Reports
Decided December 19, 1979Published
1Opinion of the Court
Honorable Ron Jackson Texas Youth Council 8900 Shoal Creek Boulevard Austin, Texas 78766
Re: Whether the Texas Youth Council may provide medical services to its wards without parental consent.
Dear Mr. Jackson:
You have asked several questions concerning the authority of the Texas Youth Council (hereinafter TYC) to provide medical services to its wards under three different but overlapping sets of circumstances:(1) When parents have not responded to a request for consent;(2) When parents have expressly refused their consent;(3) When the patient has refused consent.
Title 2 of the Texas Family…
2Cases cited5 opinions
- Roe v. WadeSupreme Court of the United States · 1973
- Jacobson v. MassachusettsSupreme Court of the United States · 1905
- Moss v. RishworthTexas Commission of Appeals · 1920
- Matter of Guardianship of HensonCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1977
- Abney v. FoxCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1923