@Group 5 minus 1 wrote:
Your husband had to sign off because of the nature of the surgery. Had to do w/the place where surgeries were done protecting themselves.
If your husband had a vasectomy you would have had to sign off.
That surgery center is not normal.
I'm retired and have been around when 6 siblings, their spouses/ kids, my kids/spouse, and my parents had procedures/surgeries in many parts of the country during several decades. No spouse ever had to sign off for another.
I didn't have to sign off when my husband had a vasectomy or any other procedure/surgery. Likewise, he never had to sign off when I had my tubes tied or any surgery/procedure.