• 1985 - Justification (Use of Force by Physician)
  • K-3.66
    • Defenses
    • Defenses
    • Force
    • Justification
  • A duly licensed physician, or a person acting at the physician's direction, may use force in order to administer a recognized form of treatment to promote the physical or mental health of a patient if the treatment is administered in an emergency [with the consent of the patient] [with the consent of the patient's parent or other person entrusted with the patient's care and supervision if the patient is a minor or incompetent person] [by order of a Court of competent jurisdiction]. * * * * *
    • 12.1-05-05(4)
    • 12.1-05-12(1)
    • 39-10-41
    • Gast v. N. Pac. Ry. Co., 147 NW 793 (ND 1914)
  • Notes: (2005 - reviewed with no changes)