DCF 54.04(2)(d) (d) Medical examinations. Each agency shall provide for each child annually a health examination covering the areas included on a department-prescribed form.

DCF 54.04 Note Note: A health examination form may be obtained by writing or telephoning any field office listed in Appendix A.

DCF 54.04(2)(e) (e) Medical care.

DCF 54.04(2)(e)1. 1. Each agency shall have a plan and make provisions for prompt treatment in illnesses and for carrying out corrective measures and treatment of remedial defects or deformities.

DCF 54.04(2)(e)2. 2. Procedures for hospitalization shall be established.

DCF 54.04(2)(f) (f) Dental care.

DCF 54.04(2)(f)1. 1. Each agency shall provide for regular dental examinations and treatment including necessary prophylaxis, repairs and extractions.

DCF 54.04(2)(f)2. 2. Each child over 3 shall have a thorough dental examination as soon as practical after acceptance for care and at intervals thereafter not exceeding 6 months after the last examination or completion of treatment.

DCF 54.04(2)(g) (g) Eye care. Children who are in need of glasses shall have refractions at a minimum of once every 2 years and shall be supplied with glasses as required.

DCF 54.04(2)(h) (h) Special care. Foster parents shall be informed of the expected precautions to be taken in the care of sick children and in the handling of medicines and prescriptions.

DCF 54.04(2)(i) (i) Medical records. A health record shall be maintained for each child covering the following health history:

DCF 54.04(2)(i)1. 1. Pre-natal and birth history.

DCF 54.04(2)(i)2. 2. Developmental history.

DCF 54.04(2)(i)3. 3. Previous illness, injuries and surgery.

DCF 54.04(2)(i)4. 4. Immunizations and tests.

DCF 54.04(2)(i)5. 5. Social, emotional and environmental history of the child.

DCF 54.04(2)(i)6. 6. Height and weight record.

DCF 54.04(2)(i)7. 7. Health history of the child’s family including mental, or emotional problems.

DCF 54.04(2)(j) (j) Clothing. The agency shall furnish each child with clothing which is individually selected and fitted, appropriate to the season and comparable to that of other children in the community.

DCF 54.04(2)(k) (k) The licensee shall be knowledgeable of and ensure that staff members and volunteers observe the patient rights and grievance resolution procedures in s. 51.61, Stats., and ch. DHS 94, for each resident that receives services for treatment of mental illness, a developmental disability, alcoholism or drug dependency. Residents that are not specifically identified as coming under s. 51.61, Stats., and ch. DHS 94 shall have rights and access to grievance resolution procedures that are comparable to those found in s. 51.61, Stats., and ch. DHS 94.

DCF 54.04 History History: Cr. Register, August, 1957, No. 20, eff. 9-1-57; r. and recr. Register, September, 1970, No. 177, eff. 4-1-71; am. (2) (c) 1. b., Register, December, 1972, No. 204, eff. 1-1-73; renum. from PW-CY 40.43 and am. (1) (f) 1., (g) (intro.) and 2. and (2) (b) 2., Register, September, 1982, No. 321, eff. 10-1-82; cr. (1) (g) 12., Register, January, 1984, No. 337, eff. 2-1-84; cr. (1) (g) 13., Register, October, 1984, No. 346, eff. 11-1-84; correction in (1) (g) 9. made under s. 13.93 (2m) (b) 5., Stats., Register, June, 1986, No. 366; emerg. am. (1) (b) 1. eff. 9-5-92 and am. (1) (g) 7. eff. 11-1-92; am. (1) (b) 1. and (g) 7., Register, May, 1993, No. 449, eff. 6-1-93; CR 04-040: cr. (2) (k) Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05; corrections in (1) (f) 1., (g) 2., 13. and (2) (k) made under s. 13.92 (4) (b) 7., Stats., Register November 2008 No. 635; EmR1106: emerg. am. (1) (a), eff. 9-16-11; CR 11-026: am. (1) (a) Register December 2011 No. 672, eff. 1-1-12; EmR1633: emerg. cr. (1) (h), eff. 11-18-16; CR 16-051: cr. (1) (h) Register July 2017 No. 739, eff. 8-1-17.

DCF 54.05 DCF 54.05 Indian children.

DCF 54.05(1) (1) Determination that a child is or may be an Indian child. If an agency has obtained information at intake or through other means that the child or at least one of the child’s biological parents is or may be of American Indian descent, the child’s case manager shall:

DCF 54.05(1)(a) (a) Carry out and document in the child’s case record diligent efforts, including but not limited to contacting the potential tribe or tribes’ membership or enrollment offices and child welfare offices, and the U.S. department of interior’s bureau of Indian affairs where contacts with individual tribes do not document the child’s Indian descent, to verify that the child is an Indian child and to identify the child’s Indian tribe;

DCF 54.05(1)(b) (b) Inform the court of a determination that the child is an Indian child and of the factual basis for that determination and document and date in the child’s case record that determination; and

DCF 54.05(1)(c) (c) Comply with 25 USC 1912 (a).

DCF 54.05(2) (2) Compliance with Indian child welfare act. If the agency determines under sub. (1) that a child is an Indian child, the agency shall comply with all provisions of the Indian Child Welfare Act, 25 USC 1901 to 1963, and s. 48.028, Stats.

DCF 54.05(3) (3) Services for Indian child and family.

DCF 54.05(3)(a) (a) Before providing services to an Indian child and the Indian child’s family, the agency shall inform the child’s tribe, if known, and ask for the tribe’s participation in efforts to provide services to the Indian child and the Indian child’s family. The child’s case manager shall document and date in the child’s case record agency efforts to inform the tribe and seek its participation.