Whether notifying the court and other parties about who DFPS has designated as the medical consenter, or about a temporary medical consenter, the procedures are the same.

The caseworker must:

  •   complete the appropriate form;

  •   Form 2096Word Document Notification Regarding Consent for Medical Care, if designating a medical or backup consenter;

  •   Form 2196Word Document Notification Regarding Temporary Designation to Consent for Psychotropic Medication, if designating a temporary medical consenter;

  •   file the original form with the court;

  •   file a copy of the notification in the case record; and

  •   forward a copy of the form to the:

  •   person designated to consent to medical care;

  •   immediate preceding designee, if applicable;

  •   parents whose rights have not been terminated, or an attorney representing the parents;

  •   attorney representing DFPS;

  •   guardian ad litem and CASA, if one has been appointed;

  •   attorney ad litem, if one has been appointed;

  •   residential child care provider.

Confidentiality

The caseworker must inform the attorney representing DFPS if the caseworker, foster parents, or other caregivers who are designated as medical consenters do not wish to reveal the identity of the foster parents to the birth parents because of safety concerns or privacy issues (such as when the medical consenter is the child's pre-consummated adoptive parent). The attorney may ask the court to not make the information public. If the caseworker needs assistance in explaining these concerns to the attorney representing DFPS, the caseworker may request the regional attorney's assistance.