1. Your child has the right to basic childhood health care and prompt, safe medical attention when ill or injured.

2. Your child has the right not to be discriminated against because of gender, race, disability or medical condition.

3. Your child has the right to be accompanied by a trusted adult while under medical care.

4. Your child has the right to provide information about themselves and to be believed.

5. Your child has the right to be told, in age-appropriate fashion, about their medical condition and plan of care.

6. Your child has the right to express an opinion about their plan for care.

7. Your child has the right to be protected from needless fear and pain in their medical care and from all forms of physical or emotional abuse.

8. Your child has the right to know the purpose of the treatments and medications they receive.

9. Your child has the right to age-appropriate education about ways they can help care for their health.

10. Although most children do not have the legal right to give formal medical consent, your child’s wishes should always be taken into account in decisions about their care.