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. 2020 Apr 24;69(3):1–12. doi: 10.15585/mmwr.rr6903a1

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.