Treatment of juvenile drug abusers without parental consent

(a) Physicians may treat juvenile drug abusers without prior parental consent. (b) A physician may use the physician's own discretion in determining whether to notify the juvenile's parents of such treatment. Acts 1972, ch. 597, § 13; T.C.A., § 63-624. (a) Physicians may treat juvenile drug abusers without prior parental consent. (b) A physician may use the physician's own discretion in determining whether to notify the juvenile's parents of such treatment. Acts 1972, ch. 597, § 13; T.C.A., § 63-624.