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13-1109B. Battery; validity of consent.

            For a consent to be valid, the patient [or the person giving consent on [his] [her] behalf] must know and agree to the specific [treatment] [operation] [procedure] which the doctor performs.

 

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            This instruction should be given with UJI 13-1109A NMRA where the claim is that the patient did not consent to the specific procedure performed.

[As amended, effective November 1, 1991; August 15, 1997; approved, effective February 24, 1998.]

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