Sec. 32.003. CONSENT TO TREATMENT BY CHILD. (a) A child may consent to medical, dental, psychological, and surgical treatment for the child by a licensed physician or dentist if the child is on active-duty military, 16 years or older AND financially dependent regardless of the source of income, or has an infectious, contagious, or communicable disease that is required to be reported by the license PA or dentist.

• A. 16 years or older and financially dependent
• B. Under 16 with parental consent
• C. Any age with parental consent
• D. Only if not in custody

Answer: (A)

A key rule here is that a minor can consent to certain medical treatments only under specific exceptions, not by default. One important exception is when the child is 16 years or older and financially dependent, regardless of how the income is earned; this allows the minor to consent themselves to medical, dental, psychological, and surgical treatment by a licensed provider. The other parts of the rule also include being on active-duty military or having a reportable infectious disease, but the option that states 16 years or older and financially dependent directly captures this self-consent allowance. The other choices don’t fit because a minor under 16 generally cannot consent, parental consent isn’t the same as the minor’s own consent, and custody status isn’t the controlling factor described in this statute.