In most cases in which a child has a live-in caregiver, DFPS designates the live-in caregiver or caregivers as the primary medical consenter and secondary primary consenter, and the caseworker as the backup consenter. If the child is placed in a General Residential Operation (GRO) that has live-in caregivers (such as cottage parents), they may be listed as medical consenters.

In the Medical Consent Resource GuidePDF Document, see “Designating a Live-In Caregiver as the Medical Consenter.”