You are an administrator at a substance abuse clinic and you have been asked to make a guide for minor patients seeking substance abuse treatment. The guide should be written in the question-and-answer format. The relevant statute in your state provides:

When a minor believes that he or she is suffering from the use of drugs or alcohol dependency, his or her consent to treatment under the supervision of a physician licensed to practice medicine, or an individual licensed or certified to provide treatment for alcohol or drug dependency, shall be valid and binding as if the minor had achieved his or her majority. The consent of no other person, including but not limited to a spouse, parent, custodian or guardian, shall be necessary in order to authorize treatment. Treatment for drug use, drug abuse, alcohol use or alcohol abuse that is consented to by a minor shall be considered confidential information between the treatment provider and the minor patient, and neither the minor nor the treatment provider shall be required to report such treatment when it is the result of voluntary consent, except as may otherwise be required by law.This act shall not be interpreted to interfere with any parental rights to place a child in treatment on a voluntary or involuntary basis under applicable State law.Treatment programs shall not be required to admit minors.Treatment programs may establish their own admission and reimbursement criteria which may include parental notification and involvement.Upon the advice and direction of a treating physician, a member of the medical staff of a hospital, public clinic, or physician licensed to practice medicine, may, but shall not be obligated to, inform the spouse, parent, custodian or guardian of any such minor as to the treatment given or needed, and such information may be given to, or withheld from the spouse, parent, custodian or guardian without the consent of the minor patient and even over the express refusal of the minor patient to the providing of such information.

• The guide should provide, in terms clearly understandable to a minor, aconcise summaryof the law in this State, and address the following issues:
• Who can consent to treatment for the minor.
• The circumstances under which the may the minor consent to treatment.
• The types of treatment that the minor can consent to and whether there are any limitations of the types of treatment the minor can consent to.
• The minimum age, if any, for a minor to consent to treatment.
• Whether treatment is confidential or whether the minor's parents or anyone else may be informed that the minor is obtaining treatment.
• Whether a minor's consent is always required for treatment.
• Parents' rights under this law.