Consent is crucial to validate any act involving two persons. A valid consent to medical procedures is an essential component for every interaction between all doctors and patients.

Consent is considered as legally valid, if the following hold true:

• The patient is an adult, with a healthy mind and understanding.
• Consent is given voluntarily.
• Everything told to the patient must be recorded.
• Consent is patient-specific.
• If a competent adult refuses to get treatment, his decision must be respected.
• Consent of the patient or the legal guardian is necessary to conduct an examination. In cases labelled as medicolegal, an informed consent includes the following information:
• The examination to be conducted is a medicolegal one and would be followed by the preparation of a medicolegal injury report,
• All the necessary investigations required would be done, and
• The findings of the report could go against the patient if they are not in line with the history given by the patient.
• An accused arrested in a criminal offence can be examined without his consent on the police’s request or on the orders of the court, if the examination is believed to provide evidence that the offence has been committed.
• While examining a woman, examination by a lady doctor should be preferred. If this is not possible, a female attendant such as a nurse should be present at the time of examination.