If the petition is granted, the court may order that the incompetent be sterilized by X-ray or by vasectomy, in the case of a male incompetent person, or salpingectomy, in the case of a female incompetent person, or other procedure as at the time may constitute a procedure generally accepted by the medical profession, by a licensed medical practitioner at a licensed hospital.Acts 1971, No. 433, ch. 5, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 59-501. If the petition is granted, the court may order that the incompetent be sterilized by X-ray or by vasectomy, in the case of a male incompetent person, or salpingectomy, in the case of a female incompetent person, or other procedure as at the time may constitute a procedure generally accepted by the medical profession, by a licensed medical practitioner at a licensed hospital.Acts 1971, No. 433, ch. 5, § 1; A.S.A. 1947, § 59-501.
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