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'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is consent for medical and/or surgical treatment that is granted by a substitute for the patient. Surrogate consent is used when the patient is mentally or legally incapable of granting consent.
'''{{FULLPAGENAME}}''' is regulated by law. In the [[United States]], surrogate Surrogate consent is regulated by state law, which varies from state to state.<ref>{{REFweb
|url=https://www.americanbar.org/groups/law_aging/publications/bifocal/vol_36/issue_1_october2014/default_surrogate_consent_statutes/
|title=Decisions by Surrogates: An Overview of Surrogate Consent Laws in the United States