Chap. 1.—An ACT to authorize certain officers and other persons to consent to surgi-
- cal and medical treatment of persons under twenty-one years of age, under
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certain conditions. B 28]
Approved February 7, 1942

1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia, as follows:

Whenever any person who is under twenty-one years of age and who
has been separated from the custody of his parent or guardian is in
need of surgical or medical treatment, authority, commensurate with
that of a parent in like cases, is conferred, for the purpose of giving
consent to such surgical or medical treatment, as follows:

(1) Upon judges and justices with respect to children whose custody
is within the control of their respective courts,

(2) Upon the Commissioner of Public Welfare with respect to
any ward of the State Board of Public Welfare,

(3) Upon the principal executive officers of State institutions with
respect to the wards of such institutions, and

(4) Upon the principal executive officer of any other institution or
agency legally qualified to receive children for care and maintenance
separated from their parents or guardians, with respect to any child
whose custody is within the control of such institution or agency.