34-B M.R.S. § 7003 Definitions

• Library: Maine Revised Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 486
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 34-B M.R.S. § 7003

As used in this chapter, unless the context indicates otherwise, the following terms have the following meanings. [ 1983, c. 459, § 7 (NEW) .]

1.Custodian. "Custodian" means the person having care and custody over the individual seeking sterilization or the individual for whom sterilization is sought.

[ 1983, c. 459, § 7 (NEW) .]

2.Disinterested expert. "Disinterested expert" means an appropriately licensed or certified professional not associated with an institution serving the person for whom sterilization is being sought and not personally related to the petitioner.

[ 1983, c. 459, § 7 (NEW) .]

3.Guardian. "Guardian" means a person who has qualified as a guardian of a minor or incapacitated person pursuant to testamentary or court appointment, but excludes one who is merely a guardian ad litem.

[ 1983, c. 459, § 7 (NEW) .]

4.Informed consent. "Informed consent" means consent that is:

A. Based upon an actual understanding by the person to be sterilized of the nature of sterilization, its potentially permanent consequences, all alternative methods of contraception and all reasonably foreseeable risks and benefits of sterilization; and [ 1983, c. 459, § 7 (NEW) .]