2006 Kansas Code - 38-133

      38-133.   Medical and surgical care for children placed in certain homes by secretary of social and rehabilitation services or by a court; consent; form. (a) Whenever any child has been placed by the secretary of social and rehabilitation services or by any court of competent jurisdiction in a licensed foster care home, or a home approved by the department of health and environment and department of social and rehabilitation services as meeting licensing standards of a foster care home, and such child needs medical or surgical care determined by a physician to be necessary for the welfare of such child, consent to such care by the child's parent or other legal guardian shall be deemed to have been given if there has been given a consent to medical and surgical care by the terms of a written order of a court of competent jurisdiction or if there has been given a consent in terms that substantially conform to the provisions of subsection (c) and such form has been signed by a parent or other legal guardian of such child and acknowledged before a notary public or other person authorized by law to administer oaths.

      (b)   The secretary of social and rehabilitation services or such secretary's designee is authorized to sign the consent form as legal guardian of any child committed to the custody of the secretary when the parental rights of a child's parents have been severed or when authorized by order of a court of competent jurisdiction.

      (c)   The form provided for in subsection (a) is as follows:

      I, __________________, parent or legal guardian of ____________________, born ______________________, do hereby consent to any medical or surgical care and the administration of anesthesia determined by a physician to be necessary for the welfare of _________________________ while said child is

               (Name of Child)

under the care, custody and control of the secretary of social and rehabilitation services.

x_____________________________________ (Signature of Parent or Legal Guardian)

      Acknowledged before me this _____ day of ________, ____.

x________________________ Signature of Notary Public

      My appointment expires ________, ____.

      History:   L. 1977, ch. 286, § 1; April 18.