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Any person who grants consent for circumcision must be of sound mind at the time that consent was granted or the consent may be invalidated. | Any person who grants consent for circumcision must be of sound mind at the time that consent was granted or the consent may be invalidated. A person granting consent cannot, for instance, be impaired by therapeutic drugs. | ||
Parents are frequently asked to serve as surrogates for their minor children. A surrogate has limited powers of consent. The surrogate must not exceed the limited powers granted. Surrogates are generally limited to the granting of consent for diagnosis and treatment of disease.<ref name="aap1995">{{REFjournal | Parents are frequently asked to serve as surrogates for their minor children. A surrogate has limited powers of consent. The surrogate must not exceed the limited powers granted. Surrogates are generally limited to the granting of consent for diagnosis and treatment of a proven, disease condition.<ref name="aap1995">{{REFjournal | ||
|last=Bioethics Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics. | |last=Bioethics Committee, American Academy of Pediatrics. | ||
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