Frequently Asked Questions: Using the California Caregiver Affidavit as a Non-Relative or Relative “Sponsor” of Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth: This document provides an overview of California’s Caregiver Authorization Affidavit and how it may be used by non-relative and relative “sponsors” of unaccompanied immigrant youth to consent to certain kinds of medical care and school enrollment.

Minor Consent, Confidentiality, and Mandatory Reporting of Child Abuse in California: This document provides an overview of the pertinent federal and state medical consent, confidentiality and child abuse reporting laws that apply when adolescents seek health care services on their own from health providers in California. (Updated 2016)

Understanding Confidentiality and Minor Consent in California: This adolescent provider toolkit, created by the Adolescent Health Working Group, includes legal information from the National Center for Youth Law and many tools created by providers and youth to help explain and use these rules in practice. (Updated 2010)