Section 35101 - Accepting Consent from Parent in Psychiatric Treatment(a) The agency shall accept a consent to adoption from a parent who is receiving inpatient or outpatient psychiatric treatment for mental illness only after the parent's ability to understand the nature, content, and effect of signing a consent to adoption has been established by a written evaluation signed by the attending physician or licensed clinical psychologist. (1) Counseling related to placement of the child for adoption, the resolution of marital problems, or similar decision making shall not be considered psychiatric treatment.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 35101
1. New section filed 9-1-87; operative 10-1-87. Ed. Note: The printing of this regulation was delayed due to necessary reformatting (Register 88, No. 50). For history of former chapter 3, see Register 88, No. 1.
2. Change without regulatory effect amending NOTE filed 8-2-91 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 91, No. 52).
3. Amendment of section and NOTE filed 12-29-94; operative 1-1-95 (Register 94, No. 52).
4. Editorial correction of HISTORY 3 (Register 95, No. 13). Note: Authority cited: Section 8621, Family Code; and Sections 10553 and 10554, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 8806 and 8814, Family Code.