TITLE 39

HEALTH AND SAFETY

CHAPTER 39

STERILIZATION

39-3910.  Authorized sterilization procedure. A sterilization procedure authorized under this chapter shall not include hysterectomy or castration unless the court finds by clear and convincing evidence that hysterectomy or castration is medically necessary treatment, independent of the need for sterilization. No sterilization procedure authorized under this chapter shall be performed by any person other than a physician.

History:

[39-3910, added 2003, ch. 189, sec. 2, p. 515.]