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TITLE 40SOCIAL SERVICES AND ASSISTANCE
PART 19DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
CHAPTER 700CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
SUBCHAPTER NPOLICIES REGARDING CHILDREN IN DFPS'S CONSERVATORSHIP AND HIV TESTING AND CARE
RULE §700.1403Who must DFPS notify regarding a child's HIV infection?

If a child in DFPS conservatorship has tested positive for HIV infection, DFPS must notify the following parties of the child's condition:

  (1) the child's legal parents (if parental rights have not been terminated and their whereabouts are known);

  (2) prospective and current foster parents, 24-hour child-care providers, prospective adoptive parents, or relatives with whom the child has been placed or with whom DFPS plans to place the child; and

  (3) a person authorized to provide medical consent on the child's behalf;


Source Note: The provisions of this §700.1403 adopted to be effective March 1, 2015, 40 TexReg 833

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