[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 42, Volume 1]
[Revised as of October 1, 2004]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 42CFR50.203]

[Page 143]
 
                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH
 
    CHAPTER I--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN 
                                SERVICES
 
PART 50_POLICIES OF GENERAL APPLICABILITY--Table of Contents
 
Subpart B_Sterilization of Persons in Federally Assisted Family Planning 
                                Projects
 
Sec. 50.203  Sterilization of a mentally competent individual aged 21 or older.

    Programs or projects to which this subpart applies shall perform or 
arrange for the performance of sterilization of an individual only if 
the following requirements have been met:
    (a) The individual is at least 21 years old at the time consent is 
obtained.
    (b) The individual is not a mentally incompetent individual.
    (c) The individual has voluntarily given his or her informed consent 
in accordance with the procedures of Sec. 50.204 of this subpart.
    (d) At least 30 days but not more than 180 days have passed between 
the date of informed consent and the date of the sterilization, except 
in the case of premature delivery or emergency abdominal surgery. An 
individual may consent to be sterilized at the time of premature 
delivery or emergency abdominal surgery, if at least 72 hours have 
passed after he or she gave informed consent to sterilization. In the 
case of premature delivery, the informed consent must have been given at 
least 30 days before the expected date of delivery.