{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-1303.05","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 4-1303.05","heading":"Medical treatment authorized.","body":"When the Agency has physical custody of a child pursuant to § 4-1303.03 or pursuant to § 16-2313 or § 16-2320, it may:\n\n(1)\nAuthorize a medical evaluation or emergency medical, surgical, or dental treatment, or authorize an outpatient psychiatric evaluation or emergency outpatient psychiatric treatment, at any time; and\n\n(2)\nAuthorize non-emergency outpatient medical, surgical, dental or psychiatric treatment, or autopsy, when reasonable efforts to consult the parent have been made but a parent cannot be consulted.","path":["Title 4. Public Care Systems.","Chapter 13. Child Abuse and Neglect.","Subchapter I. Prevention of Child Abuse and Neglect.","Part C. Child and Family Services Agency."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/4-1303.05","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"e22aca072db89b7bf172c6305dcd060931a243b688ecd40887ca81b3c23d4750","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-1303.04","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-4-1303.06"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}