§ 20-49-205 - Method of sterilization.
20-49-205. Method of sterilization.
If the petition is granted, the court may order that the incompetent be sterilized by X ray or by vasectomy, in the case of a male incompetent, or salpingectomy, in the case of a female incompetent, or other procedure as at the time may constitute a procedure generally accepted by the medical profession, by a licensed medical practitioner at a licensed hospital.