Section 325.60  Children in Foster Care

a)         The Department shall provide training for all foster parents (including but not limited to relative family homes and foster homes supervised directly by the Department as well as homes supervised by private agencies) concerning the procedures for approving psychotropic medication and the need for and use of psychotropic medications.  This training shall include training in the those circumstances in which the child may self-medicate, where appropriate.

b)         Except in an emergency, no psychotropic medication shall be administered to any child for whom the Department is legally responsible who resides in foster care unless the physician who is prescribing the medication has obtained prior approval for such medication from an authorized agent.

c)         The Health Passport, which is issued by the Department to all children for whom it is legally responsible, shall contain a statement that, except in an emergency, no psychotropic medication may be administered to any such child without the approval of an authorized agent.

d)         Authorized agents shall use the same standards, forms and rules for approving psychotropic medication for children in foster care as are set forth above in Section 325.50.

e)         The foster parent shall inform the prescribing physician that:

1)         the child is in foster care;

2)         the consent of an authorized agent is required before psychotropic medication may be administered to the child; and

3)         psychotropic medication may only be administered pursuant to this Part.