Minors

Also See: North Coast EMS Care of Minor in the Field Policy #2303

MINORS LACK LEGAL CAPACITY TO CONSENT TO OR REFUSE MEDICAL CARE.
Minors can be held under the same legal procedure for involuntary psychiatric treatment as adults. The appropriate codes that relate to Minors are: WIC 5585 – 5587.

NOT proof of a mental health disorder: Mental retardation, epilepsy, or other developmental disability, alcoholism or other drug abuse, habitual disobedience, truancy, or he/she has violated a law defined as a crime, or repeated anti-social behavior does not by itself constitute a mental health disorder (WIC 5585.25).