If you are requesting consent and the person legally authorized to give consent is not privy to this information, you must:
  (1) Before requesting the person's written consent to give the child psychotropic medication, provide information in writing or document a discussion with the person regarding:
    (A) The nature of the child's mental illness or condition;
    (B) A general explanation of the purpose of the medication;
    (C) A general description of the benefits expected;
    (D) An explanation that the person may ask questions about the child's response to the medication; and
    (E) An explanation that the person may withdraw medical consent and request the medication be discontinued at any time.
  (2) Offer to answer any questions the person legally authorized to give medical consent has about the medication and/or provide the name and telephone number of the prescribing health-care professional for further information.
  (3) Obtain a signed consent form from the person legally authorized to give medical consent that acknowledges that you have provided all of the information set forth in paragraph (1) of this section. A copy of this signed consent form must be filed in the child's record.

Source Note: The provisions of this §749.1605 adopted to be effective January 1, 2007, 31 TexReg 7469; transferred effective March 9, 2018, as published in the Texas Register February 16, 2018, 43 TexReg 909