§ 560-5-606-5

§560:5-606.5 Reproductive rights advisory list. The family court may maintain a resource list of advisors in the disciplines of law, medicine, theological or philosophical ethics, social work, and psychology or psychiatry with knowledge regarding the reproductive rights of incapacitated adults with disabilities. The court may seek advice and recommendations from one or more of the advisors on any petition for sterilization. The recommendations shall consider whether the ward is capable of giving informed assent and, if not, whether sterilization is in the best interest of the ward, consistent with the criteria set forth in section 560:5-608. [L 2006, c 25, §2]