Table of Contents
- 1 Do both parents have to consent to HRT?
- 2 Do you need parental consent to get hormones?
- 3 Do you need parental consent for estrogen?
- 4 Is HRT considered medically necessary?
- 5 Is facial feminization surgery medically necessary?
- 6 When do I need parental consent to conduct research?
- 7 What are the requirements for obtaining informed consent?
Do both parents have to consent to HRT?
Regardless of your parental situation, you need both parents to sign whatever papers to permit you to go on hormones.
Do you need parental consent to get hormones?
If a child wishes to begin hormone therapy, medical consent laws and Fourteenth Amendment jurisprudence require parental consent. 9 This requirement, however, proves problematic when the parents of the transgender child are not willing to consent to their child starting hormone therapy.
Do you need parental consent for estrogen?
In most places in the United States, you will need permission from your parent or guardian to do a hormonal or surgical transition before you are 18 years old. You also will need to talk with a mental health professional and get a letter of support before starting treatment.
How do you qualify for HRT?
The criteria for therapy include: (I) persistent well-documented gender dysphoria (a condition of feeling one’s emotional and psychological identity as male or female to be opposite to one’s biological sex) diagnosed by a mental health professional well versed in the field; (II) capacity to make a fully informed …
Is Planned Parenthood informed consent?
Trans and Nonbinary Care Transgender hormone therapy is now available through our expanded online care services. Planned Parenthood uses an informed consent model. This means we do not require a referral or therapy note to get this service.
Is HRT considered medically necessary?
Can gender-affirming surgery and/or hormone therapy be considered “medically necessary” by doctors for people with gender dysphoria? Yes, doctors have found such treatments to be medically necessary for many people.
Is facial feminization surgery medically necessary?
Similarly, we no longer consider facial surgery for victims of extensive burns to be ‘cosmetic’. So too should FFS no longer be considered ‘cosmetic’ but medically necessary and universally covered by insurance plans.
When do I need parental consent to conduct research?
When research is to be conducted under 46.406 and 46.407 permission must be obtained from both parents, unless one parent is deceased, unknown, incompetent, or not reasonably available, or when only one parent has legal responsibility for the care and custody of the child. Reasonably available is not defined in regulation or regulatory guidance.
Can subjects or parents fax the signed consent or permission form?
Yes, if it is more convenient for the subjects or parents of children who are subjects to fax a signed copy of the consent or permission form to the investigator, the research subjects or parents may fax the signed form.
When is a parent “not reasonably available”?
A determination that a parent is “not reasonably available,” per the regulations, may include circumstances in which a parent is available to participate in the consent process and has given permission for the child’s participation, but is not able to provide a valid signature.
What are the requirements for obtaining informed consent?
The HHS regulations require that an investigator obtain legally effective informed consent from subjects or a legally authorized representative before the subjects may be involved in research ( 45 CFR 46.116 ), unless this requirement has been waived by an IRB.