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re: Kids' grandparents asking for medical consent for a few days of babysitting... thoughts?
Posted on 3/25/24 at 2:57 pm to concrete_tiger
Posted on 3/25/24 at 2:57 pm to concrete_tiger
I’ve done it, but it had nothing to do with being sued. I didn’t want their treatment delayed if they needed it. Obviously would still contact my son for decision making, but there are plenty of places we’ve vacationed that had little to no cell coverage. This was almost 13 years ago…
Posted on 3/25/24 at 2:58 pm to concrete_tiger
We always did, but when our kids were young, no cell phones or pagers. We're old.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:07 pm to concrete_tiger
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I am 100% positive it's not sketchy, and I agree it's based off something they heard or saw. The kids ride the bus. Their doctor is literally our friend. We know all the neighbors.
Test them and give the consent to your friend the doctor, I mean for “any other time you aren’t there” and “they are a doctor after all”
See how it goes? Lol
ETA: fwiw I’ve never heard of this, my fil is a doctor and I could absolutely see him doing this. He is also, my wife’s dad and like the above said…
This post was edited on 3/25/24 at 3:08 pm
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:09 pm to concrete_tiger
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A phone call with us on the end doesn't suffice?
How would they know 100% it's you on the other end?
I wanna say my wife had some paperwork done when our kid went to college, not sure if it was medical power of attorney or what. An attorney friend of hers recommended in case they get injured and unable to speak in a hospital; I'm not sure if the hospital can give you info about them because of HIPPA laws if they are over 18.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:15 pm to REB BEER
quote:It's HIPAA.
HIPPA
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An attorney friend of hers recommended in case they get injured and unable to speak in a hospital
WTF? That sounds like emergency medical treatment, nobody is calling anyone if your kid is choking on his own vomit, they're fixing the problem. Your kid may have signed permission for you to be given details from the student health center. Since he's 18, if the kid sought medical treatment, it's not really your business, and no one other than your kid would be asking for your permission anyway.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:18 pm to concrete_tiger
That's fricking weird. If something were to happen to my daughter in my parents or her parents care, I believe it's unspoken to take care of it and call me as it's being taken care of. Somebody is paranoid.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:21 pm to concrete_tiger
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medical consent for
What is this?
We usually leave a copy of our insurance card in case of emergencies, but this seems different.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:23 pm to concrete_tiger
When my daughter and son in law leave town they insisted on giving us medical consent. I had never thought about it. But but they said if they fall and need stitches, if Streep or asmatha flairs up or they break an arm at school you don't want them to be in pain waiting for the parents to respond. Sounds logical to me.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:24 pm to concrete_tiger
Here is something that happened when I was a kid:
My parents were in their mid-late 20s in the 1960s. My Dad was a funny guy and teenagers would come over to our house a lot on weekend nights to talk to him and hangout. My Dad rarely ever even drank a beer, so parents generally approved of him
We had a nice flat backyard with good lighting and they would do all sorts of stuff, like pitching horseshoes, playing badminton or having footraces.
I was just a kid, but I was getting hugged and kissed by a lot of teenage hippy girls and watching everybody having fun. Sitting on our picnic table, thoughtfully provided by Vanvalkenburgh's Lumber Company
My Dad was a pretty dang fast runner, he was the hands down backyard champion, except for this one guy, that was probably my Dad's favorite. They never raced each other...until one night all of the losers pushed for a showdown. It had to happen.
So there they were at the starting line, my Dad trying his best to look like Bobby Darrin and this full blood Cherokee hippy kid with Urkle glasses laughing and talking crap to each other. My dad was probably in wingtips and the kid is in moccasins
Well somebody says "Go!" and they take off.
My Dad has a step on him right from the Jump and is leaving him in the dirt.
Well after a few steps the kid falls down and makes a loud groan and starts grabbing his foot.
He's sliced his foot on something and it's bad.
So they load him up in the station wagon and My Mom and Dad rush him to Decatur hospital, while some of the teenagers babysit us.
On this particular night, the kid's parents were out at some kind of fox hunting function and couldn't be reached.
The hospital refused to touch the kid until they got consent. He bled a lot.
Probably the maddest I ever saw my Dad after that.
My parents were in their mid-late 20s in the 1960s. My Dad was a funny guy and teenagers would come over to our house a lot on weekend nights to talk to him and hangout. My Dad rarely ever even drank a beer, so parents generally approved of him
We had a nice flat backyard with good lighting and they would do all sorts of stuff, like pitching horseshoes, playing badminton or having footraces.
I was just a kid, but I was getting hugged and kissed by a lot of teenage hippy girls and watching everybody having fun. Sitting on our picnic table, thoughtfully provided by Vanvalkenburgh's Lumber Company
My Dad was a pretty dang fast runner, he was the hands down backyard champion, except for this one guy, that was probably my Dad's favorite. They never raced each other...until one night all of the losers pushed for a showdown. It had to happen.
So there they were at the starting line, my Dad trying his best to look like Bobby Darrin and this full blood Cherokee hippy kid with Urkle glasses laughing and talking crap to each other. My dad was probably in wingtips and the kid is in moccasins
Well somebody says "Go!" and they take off.
My Dad has a step on him right from the Jump and is leaving him in the dirt.
Well after a few steps the kid falls down and makes a loud groan and starts grabbing his foot.
He's sliced his foot on something and it's bad.
So they load him up in the station wagon and My Mom and Dad rush him to Decatur hospital, while some of the teenagers babysit us.
On this particular night, the kid's parents were out at some kind of fox hunting function and couldn't be reached.
The hospital refused to touch the kid until they got consent. He bled a lot.
Probably the maddest I ever saw my Dad after that.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:25 pm to concrete_tiger
You need to be specific here. Are they asking for a "consent to medical treatment" or are they asking for signed document giving them authority to seek medical treatment for your children while you are unavailable?
I assume it's the latter, in which case I don't see why you wouldn't sign the document. It isn't for you or the grandparents, it is to make things easier for a health care provider to provide medical treatment to your children, though it doesn't make much of a difference.
Under the law, La. R.S. 40:1159.4(A)(8), grandparents can consent to medical treatment for a grandchild. An "agent acting pursuant to mandate" has a slightly higher priority, (A)(4).
I assume it's the latter, in which case I don't see why you wouldn't sign the document. It isn't for you or the grandparents, it is to make things easier for a health care provider to provide medical treatment to your children, though it doesn't make much of a difference.
Under the law, La. R.S. 40:1159.4(A)(8), grandparents can consent to medical treatment for a grandchild. An "agent acting pursuant to mandate" has a slightly higher priority, (A)(4).
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:27 pm to concrete_tiger
We have used when out of the country.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:27 pm to concrete_tiger
How old are the kids?
What are the details of this form?
What are the details of this form?
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:27 pm to concrete_tiger
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for the first time in 17 years
So they haven't watched your kids in 17 years? How old are your kids?
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:27 pm to tigergirl10
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I’ve never heard of this, and I’m a woman.
You are the Lia Thomas of this board.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:40 pm to jeffsdad
quote:There's no such thing.
I'd resort to killing some hospital workers if my grandchild wasn't being "saved" because of some paperwork though.
They will take life saving measures with or without consent from parents.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:43 pm to bulletprooftiger
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You need to be specific here
They aren't providing a form. They are asking me to provide a form. It's a basic form you can download from the pediatrician's office. It's just fricking odd and annoying that it requires a notary. That's all.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:46 pm to OweO
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So they haven't watched your kids in 17 years? How old are your kids?
Oldest just turned 16 and others are varying ages to elementary.
No, they have never kept the kids. We go on vacation with them for a week each year, and they've "watched" the kids while we go on a date or something, but never overnight. Just hasn't been in the cards, they aren't local.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:46 pm to concrete_tiger
I would never leave my child for multiple days without leaving a consent for emergency medical treatment and with people I trusted to give that consent. It’s to protect your child in the event something catastrophic happens while you’re gone. It can also be written very narrowly and a specific date ending.
We always allow our son to take a friend on vacation with us overseas every summer. That child’s parents always sign something authorizing us to seek medical attention in the event of emergencies. We are also given limited legal rights to act as their guardian in certain decisions while overseas and while their parents aren’t available to be present.
We always allow our son to take a friend on vacation with us overseas every summer. That child’s parents always sign something authorizing us to seek medical attention in the event of emergencies. We are also given limited legal rights to act as their guardian in certain decisions while overseas and while their parents aren’t available to be present.
Posted on 3/25/24 at 3:48 pm to TackySweater
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What are the details of this form?
it authorizes named individuals to make decisions for named kids during a specific period of time.
Google Temporary Medical Guardianship or Child Medical Consent
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