Wisconsin Administrative Code › Department of Children and Families › DCF 021-99 - Safety and Permanence › Chapter DCF 39 - Relinquishing Custody Of A Newborn Child › Section DCF 39.10 - Responsibilities of emergency medical service providers

Current through June 24, 2024
An emergency medical service provider whose employee or agent
				  takes custody of a newborn or who may be required to dispatch a law enforcement
				  officer or emergency medical technician under this chapter shall do all of the
				  following:
(1) Develop and implement
				written policies and procedures that set forth how the emergency medical
				service provider will cooperate with other emergency medical service providers
				to perform its responsibilities under this chapter.
(2) Develop and implement written policies
				and procedures to guide employees and agents in their activities performed
				under this chapter.
(3) Ensure that
				an employee or agent who takes custody of a newborn under this chapter is
				trained in the policies and procedures developed pursuant to subs. (1) and
				(2).
(4) Maintain a supply of the
				publication entitled
Relinquishment Brochure and Questionnaire
to be distributed by an employee or agent pursuant to s.
				DCF
				39.09(2).
Note:
A copy of the
Relinquishment
				  Brochure and Questionnaire
is available in the publications section of
				  the department website,
http://dcf.wisconsin.gov
. The
				  publication number is 4073.
(5) Maintain all of the following written
				documentation:
(a) Name and title of the
				employee or agent who took custody of the newborn and the name and title of any
				other employee or agent present during the act of relinquishment.
(b) Date and time of the relinquishment, and
				address where the relinquishment occurred. If the actual address cannot be
				ascertained, the nearest cross street to the location where the relinquishment
				occurred.
(c) Any relevant
				information relating to the relinquishment given to an employee or
				agent.
(d) Information on the
				general health of the newborn at the time of the relinquishment and during the
				transfer of custody of the newborn to an intake worker under s.
				DCF
				39.09(3).
(e) Any non-identifying observations
				concerning the relinquishment made by an employee or agent who took custody of
				a newborn and any employee or agent who was present during the relinquishment
				or was otherwise involved in the relinquishment.
(f) A description of all actions taken by an
				employee or agent after the newborn was taken into custody, including all
				locations that a newborn was taken and the reason the newborn was taken to any
				of the specified locations.
(g) The
				age or estimated age of the newborn.
(h) The name and address of the intake
				worker, and the date, time, and location that custody was transferred to the
				intake worker under s.
				DCF
				39.09(3).
(i) Whether the newborn is believed to have
				been abused or neglected, as defined in s.
				48.02(1) and
				(12g), Stats.
(j) The date on which a birth certificate for
				the newborn was filed as specified in s.
				DCF
				39.07(4).
(k) Whether the parent or person assisting
				with the parent during the relinquishment refused to accept any information
				offered.
(L) Whether the parent or
				person assisting the parent voluntarily provided any identifying
				information.
(m) Whether the
				employee or agent that took custody of the newborn informed the parent and the
				person assisting the parent during the relinquishment, of the anonymity and
				confidentiality provisions specified in s.
				DCF
				39.08.
(n)
				Procedures that prescribe the transfer of responsibilities under s.
				DCF
				39.05(4) from an employee or agent
				who took custody of a newborn to a different employee or agent authorized under
				s.
				DCF 39.05(1) or
				(2) to take custody of a newborn.