Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 13.34 - Juvenile Court Act—Dependency and Termination of Parent-Child Relationship.
13.34.069 - Shelter care—Order and authorization of health care and education records.

RCW 13.34.069
Shelter care—Order and authorization of health care and education records.

If a child is placed in the custody of the department of children, youth, and families or other *supervising agency, immediately following the shelter care hearing, an order and authorization regarding health care and education records for the child shall be entered. The order shall:
(1) Provide the department or other *supervising agency with the right to inspect and copy all health, medical, mental health, and education records of the child;
(2) Authorize and direct any agency, hospital, doctor, nurse, dentist, orthodontist, or other health care provider, therapist, drug or alcohol treatment provider, psychologist, psychiatrist, or mental health clinic, or health or medical records custodian or document management company, or school or school organization to permit the department or other *supervising agency to inspect and to obtain copies of any records relating to the child involved in the case, without the further consent of the parent or guardian of the child;
(3) Identify the person who will serve as the educational liaison; and
(4) Grant the department or other *supervising agency or its designee the authority and responsibility, where applicable, to:
(a) Notify the child's school that the child is in out-of-home placement;
(b) Enroll the child in school;
(c) Request the school transfer records;
(d) Request and authorize evaluation of special needs;
(e) Attend parent or teacher conferences;
(f) Excuse absences;
(g) Grant permission for extracurricular activities;
(h) Authorize medications which need to be administered during school hours and sign for medical needs that arise during school hours; and
(i) Complete or update school emergency records.
Access to records under this section is subject to the child's consent where required by other state and federal laws.

[ 2018 c 58 § 72; 2013 c 182 § 4; 2007 c 409 § 2.]
NOTES:

*Reviser's note: The definition for "supervising agency" for chapter 13.34 RCW was deleted by 2018 c 284 § 3.


Effective date—2018 c 58: See note following RCW 28A.655.080.


Findings—2013 c 182: See note following RCW 13.34.030.


Effective date—2007 c 409: See note following RCW 13.34.096.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 13 - Juvenile Courts and Juvenile Offenders

Chapter 13.34 - Juvenile Court Act—Dependency and Termination of Parent-Child Relationship.

13.34.010 - Short title.

13.34.020 - Legislative declaration of family unit as resource to be nurtured—Rights of child.

13.34.025 - Child dependency cases—Coordination of services—Remedial services.

13.34.030 - Definitions.

13.34.035 - Standard court forms—Rules—Administrative office of the courts to develop and establish—Failure to use or follow—Distribution.

13.34.040 - Petition to court to deal with dependent child—Application of federal Indian child welfare act.

13.34.045 - Educational liaison—Identification.

13.34.046 - Educational liaison—Responsibilities—Background checks.

13.34.050 - Court order to take child into custody, when—Hearing.

13.34.055 - Custody by law enforcement officer—Release from liability.

13.34.060 - Shelter care—Placement—Custody—Duties of parties.

13.34.062 - Shelter care—Notice of custody and rights.

13.34.065 - Shelter care—Hearing—Recommendation as to further need—Release.

13.34.067 - Shelter care—Case conference—Service agreement.

13.34.069 - Shelter care—Order and authorization of health care and education records.

13.34.070 - Summons when petition filed—Service procedure—Hearing, when—Contempt upon failure to appear—Required notice regarding Indian children.

13.34.080 - Summons when petition filed—Publication of notice.

13.34.090 - Rights under chapter proceedings.

13.34.092 - Rights under chapter proceedings—Appointment of counsel—Notice.

13.34.094 - Description of services provided to parents.

13.34.096 - Right to be heard—Notice.

13.34.100 - Appointment of guardian ad litem—Background information—Rights—Notification and inquiry—Review and removal.

13.34.102 - Guardian ad litem—Training—Registry—Selection—Substitution—Exception.

13.34.105 - Guardian ad litem—Duties—Immunity—Access to information.

13.34.107 - Guardian ad litem—Ex parte communications—Removal.

13.34.108 - Guardian ad litem—Fees.

13.34.110 - Hearings—Fact-finding and disposition—Time and place, notice.

13.34.115 - Hearings—Public excluded when in the best interests of the child—Notes and records—Video recordings.

13.34.120 - Social study and reports made available at disposition hearing—Contents—Notice to parents.

13.34.125 - Voluntary adoption plan—Consideration of preferences for proposed placement.

13.34.130 - Order of disposition for a dependent child, alternatives—Petition seeking termination of parent-child relationship—Placement with relatives, foster family home, group care facility, qualified residential treatment program, or other suitab...

13.34.132 - Petition seeking termination of parent-child relationship—Requirements.

13.34.134 - Permanent placement of child.

13.34.136 - Permanency plan of care.

13.34.138 - Review hearings—Findings—Duties of parties involved—In-home placement requirements—Housing assistance.

13.34.141 - Entry, order of disposition—Parent, guardian, or custodian of child to engage in services and maintain contact with child—Notice.

13.34.142 - Current placement episode—Calculation.

13.34.145 - Permanency planning hearing—Purpose—Time limits—Goals—Review hearing—Petition for termination of parental rights—Guardianship petition—Agency responsibility to provide services to parents—Due process rights.

13.34.147 - Case review panel—Creation—Duties.

13.34.150 - Modification of orders.

13.34.155 - Concurrent jurisdiction over nonparental actions for child custody—Establishment or modification of parenting plan.

13.34.160 - Order of support for dependent child.

13.34.161 - Order of support for dependent child—Noncompliance—Enforcement of judgment.

13.34.165 - Civil contempt—Grounds—Motion—Penalty—Detention review hearing.

13.34.174 - Order of alcohol or substance abuse diagnostic investigation and evaluation—Treatment plan—Breach of plan—Reports.

13.34.176 - Violation of alcohol or substance abuse treatment conditions—Hearing—Notice—Modification of order.

13.34.180 - Order terminating parent and child relationship—Petition—Filing—Allegations.

13.34.190 - Order terminating parent and child relationship—Findings.

13.34.200 - Order terminating parent and child relationship—Rights of parties when granted.

13.34.210 - Order terminating parent and child relationship—Custody where no one has parental rights.

13.34.212 - Court-appointed attorney for a child in a dependency proceeding.

13.34.215 - Petition reinstating terminated parental rights—Notice—Achievement of permanency plan—Effect of granting the petition—Hearing—Child support liability—Retroactive application—Limitation on liability.

13.34.232 - Guardianship for dependent child—Order, contents—Rights and duties of dependency guardian.

13.34.233 - Guardianship for dependent child—Modification or termination of order—Hearing—Termination of guardianship.

13.34.234 - Guardianship for dependent child—Dependency guardianship subsidies.

13.34.235 - Guardianship for dependent child—Review hearing requirements not applicable—Exception.

13.34.237 - Guardianship for dependent child—Subject to dependency and termination of parent-child relationship provisions—Exceptions—Request to convert dependency guardianship to guardianship—Dismissal of dependency.

13.34.240 - Acts, records, and proceedings of Indian tribe or band given full faith and credit.

13.34.245 - Voluntary consent to foster care placement for Indian child—Validation—Withdrawal of consent—Termination.

13.34.260 - Foster home placement—Parental preferences—Foster parent contact with birth parents encouraged.

13.34.265 - Foster home placement—Considerations.

13.34.267 - Extended foster care services—Maintenance of dependency proceeding—Placement, care of youth—Appointment of counsel—Case plan.

13.34.268 - Extended foster care services—Voluntary placement agreement—Decline—Petition for dependency.

13.34.270 - Child with developmental disability—Out-of-home placement—Permanency planning hearing.

13.34.300 - Relevance of failure to cause juvenile to attend school to neglect petition.

13.34.315 - Health care—Evaluation and treatment.

13.34.320 - Inpatient mental health treatment—When parental consent required—Hearing.

13.34.330 - Inpatient mental health treatment—Placement.

13.34.340 - Release of records—Disclosure to treating physician.

13.34.350 - Dependent children—Information sharing—Guidelines.

13.34.360 - Transfer of newborn to qualified person—Criminal liability—Notification to child protective services—Definitions.

13.34.370 - Evaluation of parties—Selection of evaluators.

13.34.380 - Visitation policies and protocols—Development—Elements.

13.34.385 - Petition for visitation—Relatives of dependent children—Notice—Modification of order—Effect of granting the petition—Retroactive application.

13.34.390 - Comprehensive services for drug-affected and alcohol-affected mothers and infants.

13.34.400 - Child welfare proceedings—Placement—Documentation.

13.34.410 - Psychosexual evaluation.

13.34.420 - Qualified residential treatment program—Requirements.

13.34.425 - Qualified residential treatment program—Placement—Hearing.

13.34.430 - Social study—Required information.

13.34.435 - Washington state center for court research—Attorney-client privilege.

13.34.440 - Federal waivers.

13.34.800 - Drug-affected and alcohol-affected infants—Model project.

13.34.801 - Rules—Definition of "drug-affected infant."

13.34.802 - Rules—Definition of "alcohol-affected infant."

13.34.820 - Permanency for dependent children—Annual report.

13.34.830 - Child protection and child welfare—Racial disproportionality—Evaluation—Report.

13.34.900 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

13.34.901 - Construction—Prevention services.