TABLE 1. States with laws that allow minors to autonomously consent to sexually transmitted infection care and explicitly include human immunodeficiency virus as a sexually transmitted infection — United States, 2017.
State | Consent | HIV | Type of prevention |
---|---|---|---|
California |
Allows minors to autonomously consent to preventive or prophylactic STI services
Minors must be aged ≥12 years to autonomously consent to preventive services |
Specifies that HIV infection is an STI through another law |
Not specified |
Colorado |
Allows minors to autonomously consent to preventive or prophylactic STI services |
Specifies that HIV infection is an STI through another law |
Not specified |
Delaware |
Allows minors to autonomously consent to preventive or prophylactic STI services
Minors must be aged ≥12 years to autonomously consent to preventive services |
Specifies that HIV infection is an STI through another law |
Not specified |
Iowa |
Allows minors to autonomously consent to preventive or prophylactic HIV services |
Explicitly includes HIV infection prevention in law |
Not specified |
Montana |
Allows minors to autonomously consent to preventive or prophylactic STI services |
Specifies that HIV infection is an STI through another law |
Not specified |
North Carolina |
Allows minors to autonomously consent to preventive or prophylactic STI services |
Specifies that HIV infection is an STI through another law |
Not specified |
Oklahoma | Allows minors to autonomously consent to preventive or prophylactic STI services | Specifies that HIV infection is an STI through another law | Not specified |
Abbreviations: HIV = human immunodeficiency virus; STI = sexually transmitted infection.