Section 17-402. Definitions  


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  • When used in this chapter:
        1.  "Sterilization" shall mean any procedure or operation, the purpose
      of  which  is  to  render  an  individual   permanently   incapable   of
      reproducing.
        2.  "Patient"  shall  mean a person, twenty-one years of age or older,
      who is legally capable of giving his or her consent.