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When a child Circumcision of an infant boy is ill, it is the practice to allow neither a parent to grant consent for diagnostic tests and appropriate procedure nor a treatmentfor disease.
→Informed consent for non-therapeutic circumcision of minor boys
However, the vast and overwhelming majority of circumcisions of children are performed to excise healthy, functional tissue from the body of a child who is too immature to grant consent.
The Bioethics Committee of the American Academy of Pediatrics considered the power granted to parents to grant surrogate consent for diagnosis and treatment of a child. The Committee says that a parent may give "informed permission" for investigation and treatment of disease. When a child is ill, it is the practice to allow a parent to grant consent for diagnostic tests and appropriate treatment.