The court may order emergency medical, dental, or surgical treatment of a child alleged to be suffering from a condition or illness which, in the opinion of a licensed physician or dentist, as the case may be, requires immediate treatment, if the child's parent, guardian, or custodian is not available or, without good cause, refuses to consent to the treatment.

Added as Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3-822 by Acts 1973, 1st Sp. Sess., c. 2, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1975, c. 554, §§ 1, 3. Renumbered as Courts and Judicial Proceedings § 3-8A-21 by Acts 2001, c. 415, § 1, eff. Oct. 1, 2001.

Formerly Art. 26, § 70-15.