The provisions of common law acknowledge the right of a juvenile patient who has turned 16, to make decisions about the treatment process. Current legislation concerning the rights of a juvenile patient is characterized by a lack of consistency, especially when defining the boundary of a juvenile patient’s age, reaching which, allows such a patient to participate in the treatment process. Entities providing health services are particularly responsible for protecting the rights of a patient, including a juvenile patient. According to the law on the rights of a patient and the Patient’s Rights Proponent, patient’s rights cannot be restricted, except for the situations belonging to the decision of the head of the entity providing health services (or a physician authorized by the head), including cases of epidemic risk or connected with health safety of patients, and in case of the right to personal, phone or letter contact with other persons, also with regard to the organizational capacity of the entity.

Key words: patient, juvenile, patient’s rights, entities providing health services, aware consent.