219.066. 1. Except in case of emergency, the division shallnot authorize or permit any major surgery to be performed upon orgeneral anesthetic to be administered to any child committed tothe division unless specific written consent thereto shall firsthave been obtained from the parent or guardian of such child, or,in the absence of such consent, from the court which vested legalcustody of such child in the division or any court that hasjurisdiction.
2. Upon the recommendation of an attending physician,psychiatrist, surgeon or dentist, the division may authorizemedical, psychiatric, surgical, or dental care and treatment asmay be required by the child. If the care and treatment iscontrary to the religious tenets and beliefs of such child, thetreatment of the child may be authorized by the division onlyupon the specific written consent of the parent or guardian ofthe child, or, in the absence of such consent, upon the specificwritten order of the court which vested legal custody of thechild in the division or any court that has jurisdiction.
3. When the child has been placed by the division in aresidential child caring facility, other than one administered bythe division, the person or persons administering such facilityshall have the authority to provide the child with necessarymedical, psychiatric, surgical, or dental care only to the extentthat such authority has been delegated to such persons withrespect to particular children and subject to the samelimitations as are applicable to the division under sections219.011 to 219.086.
219.066. 1. Except in case of emergency, the division shallnot authorize or permit any major surgery to be performed upon orgeneral anesthetic to be administered to any child committed tothe division unless specific written consent thereto shall firsthave been obtained from the parent or guardian of such child, or,in the absence of such consent, from the court which vested legalcustody of such child in the division or any court that hasjurisdiction.
2. Upon the recommendation of an attending physician,psychiatrist, surgeon or dentist, the division may authorizemedical, psychiatric, surgical, or dental care and treatment asmay be required by the child. If the care and treatment iscontrary to the religious tenets and beliefs of such child, thetreatment of the child may be authorized by the division onlyupon the specific written consent of the parent or guardian ofthe child, or, in the absence of such consent, upon the specificwritten order of the court which vested legal custody of thechild in the division or any court that has jurisdiction.
3. When the child has been placed by the division in aresidential child caring facility, other than one administered bythe division, the person or persons administering such facilityshall have the authority to provide the child with necessarymedical, psychiatric, surgical, or dental care only to the extentthat such authority has been delegated to such persons withrespect to particular children and subject to the samelimitations as are applicable to the division under sections219.011 to 219.086.
219.066. 1. Except in case of emergency, the division shallnot authorize or permit any major surgery to be performed upon orgeneral anesthetic to be administered to any child committed tothe division unless specific written consent thereto shall firsthave been obtained from the parent or guardian of such child, or,in the absence of such consent, from the court which vested legalcustody of such child in the division or any court that hasjurisdiction.
2. Upon the recommendation of an attending physician,psychiatrist, surgeon or dentist, the division may authorizemedical, psychiatric, surgical, or dental care and treatment asmay be required by the child. If the care and treatment iscontrary to the religious tenets and beliefs of such child, thetreatment of the child may be authorized by the division onlyupon the specific written consent of the parent or guardian ofthe child, or, in the absence of such consent, upon the specificwritten order of the court which vested legal custody of thechild in the division or any court that has jurisdiction.
3. When the child has been placed by the division in aresidential child caring facility, other than one administered bythe division, the person or persons administering such facilityshall have the authority to provide the child with necessarymedical, psychiatric, surgical, or dental care only to the extentthat such authority has been delegated to such persons withrespect to particular children and subject to the samelimitations as are applicable to the division under sections219.011 to 219.086.
