(1) "Family Planning
Services" means medical, educational and social services, excluding
sterilization, which enable individuals voluntarily to limit family size or
plan spacing of children. Family planning services include the below-listed
services. See106 CMR 269.030(A)(B).
(a) Information and referral (including
outreach and follow-up)
(b)
Individual and group counseling
(c)
A physical examination
1. for a female,
includes thyroid, breast, heart, abdominal, speculum, pelvic, and rectal
examinations, and measurements of height, weight and blood pressure;
2. for a male, includes thyroid, heart,
genital, abdominal, and rectal examinations, and measurements of height, weight
and blood pressure.
(d)
A pap smear for females.
(e) Any
laboratory test indicated by the child's history or examination.
(f) A medically approved method of
contraception.
(g) Medical
examinations, consultations, laboratory tests and contraceptive services
rendered by a licensed physician
(h) Medical treatment for related conditions,
such as venereal diseases or vaginal infections
(i) Prescriptions and medical items related
to family planning services including drugs, supplies and devices
(j) Clinical follow-up
(2)
Provision of
Information.
(a) Department
staff shall inform a child in the care or custody of the Department, or a child
who is a ward of the Department, about family planning services available to
sexually active minors if such child requests this information or if in the
judgment of Department staff such child has need for this
information.
(b) Department staff
shall not coerce any child in any way to receive family planning services or to
employ any particular method of family planning. A child's use of family
planning services must be completely voluntary.
(3)
Consent by
Child. Any child who requests family planning services, whether
such child is in the care or custody of the Department, or is a ward of the
Department, may consent to his/her own medical and laboratory family planning
services. The consent of the Department is not necessary in such
cases.
(4)
Consent by
Department or Parent. If the child consents to family planning
services but the medical provider insists on parental or Department consent,
the Department may consent. If the child is not able to consent, the Department
may consent.
