Minors can use MyKanta themselves if they have electronic identification tools, such as online banking IDs or a mobile certificate. You can learn more about using MyKanta on the MyKanta for young People page.
From this page, you can find information about the rights of minors related to the use of Kanta services in social welfare and health care.
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
- receive 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
TAs a rule, a minor's patient data is visible to their guardian in MyKanta. In certain situations, the child has the right to decide what information is displayed to the guardian.
A minor may, if they wish, prevent information about a specific appointment from being shown to their guardian if the health care professional assesses that the minor can make decisions on their own care. The assessment of decision-making capacity is made separately for each health care visit. A minor cannot deny a guardian access to all information.
The assessment of a minor's capacity to make decisions by a professional is influenced, among other things, by
- the child's age
- their level of maturity
- their care plan
- the reason for the appointment.
A minor deemed to have decision-making capacity may also influence how their data is used in other health care in certain situations. In this case, the minor can give their consent for the disclosure of their patient data or limit the consent they have given by setting restrictions during a health care visit.
If the minor is unable to make decisions on matters related to the use of their data, the guardian can make the decisions on their behalf. Read more about consent and denials of consent to share of patient data.
As a rule, a guardian can view all client information recorded about a child under the age of 18 in MyKanta. However, if necessary, the social welfare professional who records the data will assess whether the information will be shown to the guardian.
When using social services, a minor may request that their client data is not shown to their guardian in MyKanta. Based on the minor’s level of development and the nature of the case, the professional will assess whether there are grounds for the prohibition requested by the minor. If the prohibition is contrary to the best interests of the minor, the professional may refuse it.
The professional records the reasons for the denial of consent or the refusal to comply with the request in the customer’s information. In addition, the professional must assess the appropriateness of disclosing the information to the guardian, even if the minor does not themselves deny their consent to sharing the data.
A minor who, in the opinion of a professional, is capable of deciding to share their data may, when using social services, give or withdraw consent to sharing their data. If a minor does not have the capacity to decide on matters related to the use of their own data, their guardian may make decisions on their behalf. Read more about consent and denials of consent to share of social services client data.
Minors can
- collect prescription drugs from a pharmacy
- 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
A minor can use MyKanta to
- view their prescriptions and health information
- view their 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 as a guardian
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.