1. (a) Notification about positive results. If a child in the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services' (DFPS's) conservatorship has acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), or if the results of a child's human-immunodeficiency-virus (HIV) antibodies test have been confirmed as positive as specified in §700.1401(e) of this title (relating to Testing Children in TDPRS's Conservatorship for HlV Antibodies), DFPS must inform the following parties of the child's condition:

   1. (1) the child's legal parents (if their whereabouts are known);
   2. (2) the foster parents, 24-hour child-care providers, prospective adoptive parents, or relatives with whom the child has been placed or with whom DFPS plans to place the child; and
   3. (3) the person authorized to provide medical consent on the child's behalf under Chapter 266 of the Texas Family Code.
2. (b) Notification about negative results. If the results of a child's HIV-antibodies test are negative, DFPS may inform the child's caregivers about the negative results and any related counseling issues if doing so is likely to help the caregivers provide appropriate care.

Source Note:The provisions of this §700.1403 adopted to be effective May 1, 1994, 19 TexReg 2125; amended to be effective March 1, 2008, 33 TexReg 1357.