Minors can use MyKanta themselves if they have electronic identification tools, such as online banking IDs or a mobile certificate.
Below, we will tell you about the rightsof minors
In health care services
Rights regarding prescriptions
A health care professional assesses whether a minor is able to make decisions about their treatment. The assessment of decision-making capacity is recorded on each prescription. If a health care professional considers a minor to be able to make decisions about their treatment, the minor has the same rights as adults.
They can:
- request a prescription renewal and provide their phone number for notifications by text message
- obtain a summary of their prescriptions
- set up and cancel a denial of consent on a prescription
- set and cancel denials of consent to sharing their data to their guardian or other legal representative.
Rights regarding patient data
The decision on whether a minor's medical records are visible to their guardian is made separately at the health care unit at each visit. The professional assesses the minor's decision-making capacity based on factors such as the child's age, maturity level and reason for the visit, among other things.
A minor with decision-making capacity can also decide whether or not their data will be visible to their guardian.
During a visit to a health care unit, a minor who is assessed as having decision-making capacity can also decide on the use of their data by consenting to the sharing of their data or setting up a denial of consent.
At a pharmacy
Minors can
- collect prescription drugs from apharmacy
- obtain a summary of their prescriptions
- request an overview of their medication
- request a prescription renewal and provide their phone number for notifications by text message
- collect medicines on someone else’s behalf
- collect medicines from a foreign pharmacy
In MyKanta
A minor can use MyKanta to
- view their prescriptions and health information
- view social services client data, which will be added to MyKanta in stages in the future
- view and download a COVID-19 certificate
- store and view their wellbeing data
- print out a summary of their prescriptions
- renew prescriptions.
A minor cannot use MyKanta to
- confirm receipt of the information about Kanta Services
- give consent to data sharing
- set up a denial of consent to data sharing
- make an organ donation testament or a living will.
When a minor reaches the age of 18, they gain access to all the information about them stored in Kanta.
Minor guardians
If a person under the age of 18 has custody of a child, they have the same rights to manage the affairs of the minor child as an adult guardian.