TX :: Child Protective Services Handbook :: 11600 Behavioral (Mental Health) Services :: 11611.5 Change of Medical Consenters While a Child or Youth Is Hospitalized

TX :: Child Protective Services Handbook :: 11600 Behavioral (Mental Health) Services :: 11611.5 Change of Medical Consenters While a Child or Youth Is Hospitalized

The caseworker reconsiders the designation of medical consenter if a child or youth is admitted to an inpatient psychiatric facility.

The caseworker follows the guidelines in the table below.

If:

Then:

the child or youth may return to the placement he or she was in before admission,

the caseworker determines whether there needs to be a change in medical consenter while the child or youth is hospitalized.

the child or youth will not return to the previous placement, and someone who is not a DFPS employee is the primary or backup medical consenter,

DFPS makes the caseworker the primary and backup medical consenter while the child or youth is hospitalized.

DFPS finds a new placement for the child or youth to go to after discharge from the inpatient facility,

the caseworker determines the most appropriate medical consenter, backup medical consenter, or both, based on the new placement.

See:

11117 Changing Medical Consenter and Backup Consenter

11111 Selecting the Medical Consenter and Backup Medical Consenter

11323.1 Providing Consent to an Initial Psychotropic Medication in an Inpatient Setting

Texas Health and Safety Code §572.001(d)External Link



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