Periodic Health Care - Medical Passport

The Department shall implement a program of utilization of a "medical passport" for all children in substitute care. The medical passport shall record pertinent and available medical/dental/mental health and developmental data about the child. Department social workers and medical providers shall each complete relevant portions of the passport. The passport shall be held by the substitute care provider and shall remain with the child for the duration of his/her placement. If a child moves to a new substitute care placement or returns home, the medical passport moves with the child.