Common use of Parental Consent Clause in Contracts

Parental Consent. Early Steps needs your permission to take actions that affect your child. You will be asked to give your consent in writing before Early Steps conducts a screening, evaluation/assessment, private insurance is used, personally identifiable information is disclosed, or before early intervention services are provided. Consent means that you are fully informed, in your native language or other mode of communication, of all information related to the activity that Early Steps is requesting your consent, that you understand and agree in writing to the carrying out of the activity in which your consent is being requested, and the consent describes the activity and lists the records (if any) that will be released and to whom, and that you understand that giving your consent is voluntary and can be taken away at any time. If you do not give consent, for the evaluation and assessment or services, Early Steps will make reasonable efforts to ensure that you are fully aware of the nature of the evaluation/assessment or the services that would be available and that you understand that your child will not be able to receive the evaluation and assessment or services unless consent is given. You may take away consent for your child at any time however you cannot take away consent for an action that has already occurred. You have the right to determine whether you will accept or decline any Early Steps service and may decline a service after first accepting it, without it affecting other services. Early Steps must provide written notice and obtain consent from you in order to obtain, release or exchange personally identifiable information concerning your child and family except in certain circumstances. This also includes the verbal sharing of personally identifiable information. If you do not give Early Steps consent to release your personally identifiable information, your information will not be released. Early Steps cannot use due process hearing procedures to challenge a parent’s refusal to provide consent.