Sterilization

No Consent by Department. Department staff shall not consent to the sterilization of any ward or child in its care or in its custody. Prior judicial approval is necessary under all circumstances for the performance of a sterilization upon any child who is a ward of the Department, or who is in the care or custody of the Department. See Matter of Moe, 385 Mass. 555, 559, 432 N.E.2d 712 (1982); M.G.L. c. 112, § 12W.