How old till a doctor does not have to report toyour parents?

How old do you have to be till the doctor does not have to tell your parents what is wrong with you and what you are doing at the doctor's office?|||This gets tricky--it depends on what state you live in, what medical procedures you are seeking, and how you will pay for the office visit.


If your parents have insurance and you use their insurance card to pay for the doctors visit then they will get a "explanation of benefits" letter from the ins. company and it's usually pretty detailed about what tests and procedures were done.


Basically, if you just have something to discuss with your doc and your parents aren't in the room, and no further procedures need to be done, then just state that you want it to remain confidential and they won't tell your parents.


If it's about birth control then you can go into any Planned Parenthood and your parents don't have to know.


Go here, http://www.enotes.com/everyday-law-encyc鈥?/a> and read up on everything.|||18, unless it is related to your reproductive health. Those visits are always confidential, such as if you went to get birth control, a pregnancy test, etc.|||I think it is 18 but i am not 100% sure....... I think it really depends on what is going on too... Also it might depend on your doctor personaly and the state you live in.|||Depends also if you are going for an STD prergancy etc and you go alone you are their patient they can't tell your parents but if you use their insurance and lets face it how are you going to pay if not for their insurance. They get a statement that you went and got treated.|||18, unless it's a non-surgical reproductive health issue (birth control, STD screening, ect.) These things are confidential.|||If you are going to see a doctor for personal issues [sex] . He can not tell your parents without your permission . It is called patient , doctor confidentiality . If he tells without your permission he can loose his job. However when your parents get the insurance bill they are going to be asking you lots of questions . I encourage you to go to your parents first but , if that is not an option then I would go to a free clinic [ Planned Parenthood] .|||your parents will know everything about ur life till your 18 matbe if you talked to your doctor he could tell you more|||why don't you ask a doctor in the health section?|||in Florida it's 16, but my mom stopped going in with me when I was 14.