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Here is some sample content from Sterilization Consent Requirements:

	PRIVATE PAYMEDICAIDAGE REQUIREMENT:18 or older21 or older.18 and under if: Entered in a valid marriage. Is on active duty in armed services. Over 15 years and lives apart from parents and manages own financial affairs. Has received a declaration of emancipation.CRITERIA:Understands nature and content of the informed consent process.Understands nature and content of the informed consent process.Mental state is not altered by drugs or alcohol.Mental state is not altered by drugs or alcohol.Not in labor or less than 24 hours post partum.Not in labor or less than 24 hours post partum.Not...
Second excerpt:
	...abortion. Must not be mentally incompetent. Must not be institutionalized in a correctional, rehabilitative or mental facility. Consent must be informed.WAITING PERIOD:30 days; not more than 180 days after signature. 30 days may be waived, at request of patient, to no less than 72 hours.30 days; not more than 180 days.There is no waiting period for hysterectomies which are not elective sterilizations.Will not reimburse an elective sterilization by hysterectomy. May vary state to...