Texas law requires the medical consenter for a child in foster care to ensure that a child prescribed a psychotropic drug has an office visit with the prescribing physician, physician assistant, or advanced practice nurse at least once every 90 days to allow the practitioner to:
- Appropriately monitor for side effects of the drug.
- Determine whether the drug is helping the child achieve the treatment goals.
- Determine whether continued use of the drug is appropriate.
