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Parent or Legal Guardian Involvement.Rule 65C-35.003

Chapter 65C-35 · Psychotropic Medication for Children in Out of Home Care · flrules.org · in effect since 2019-12-03

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  1. CFOP 170-18 Services for Children with MH and Any Co-Occurring SA or DD Treatment Needs p. 19 (4)

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(1) The child protective investigator (CPI) or case manager shall facilitate the attendance of the child’s parent (where parental rights are intact) or legal guardian at all medical appointments. The CPI or case manager shall make the following minimum efforts to assist the prescribing physician or psychiatric nurse in obtaining expressed and informed consent from the child’s parent or legal guardian:

(a) Attempt to invite the parent or legal guardian to the doctor’s appointment and facilitate transportation to the appointment, if necessary;

(b) Facilitate telephone or tele-medicine participation between the prescribing physician or psychiatric nurse and the parent or legal guardian when unable to attend in person.

(2) If the parent or legal guardian is unable to attend medical appointments, the CPI or case manager shall:

(a) Attempt to contact the parent or legal guardian upon learning of the recommendation for psychotropic medication by the prescribing physician or psychiatric nurse and provide specific information on how and when to contact the physician or psychiatric nurse; and

(b) Provide a copy of the Medical Report, incorporated by reference in Rule 65C-35.001, F.A.C., to the child’s parent or legal guardian, which includes the prescribing physician’s or psychiatric nurse’s contact information.

(3) When the court has authorized the provision of psychotropic medication, the CPI or case manager must continue to try to involve the parent or legal guardian in the child’s ongoing medical treatment planning, and shall continue to facilitate the parent or legal guardian’s communication with the prescribing physician or psychiatric nurse so that the parent or legal guardian has the opportunity to consider whether to authorize the provision of any new medications or dosages, unless the parent or legal guardian’s rights have been terminated.

Rulemaking authority. § 39.407, Fla. Stat. Law implemented. § 39.407, Fla. Stat.

History. New 3-17-10, Amended 4-20-17, 5-28-18, 12-3-19.