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.
(6) Make available in a location
conspicuous to an employee and agent a copy of this chapter and the policies
and procedures developed and implemented under subs. (1) and (2).
(7) Develop and implement any other written
policies and procedures that may be required by the department under this
chapter.
