Hi All,
My DH and I will be going to the world for five days in August to celebrate our anniversary. We will be leaving our 20 month old son with his grandparents in NC while we go to FL.
I am starting to get together the information for my in-laws while we are away. Besides health insurance info and contact info what else should be leave with them? I am concerned about an accident or illness occurring while we are away.
Would a general permission letter signed by my DH and I be enough for them to get medical treatment for my son?
Thanks for any advice!
A notorized letter with a raised seal may be required, I think that depends more on the institution that your in-laws might have to use in the event that medical care is needed, ie a doctors offce or urgent care might be able to accept a regular letter where as a hospital may need a notorized letter.
I would suggest putting information on any health history or allergies that your child might have on the letter, also that he is up to date on immunizations.
I have always had the following info on any letters that I have obtained before I traveled with my neice/nephews thus allowing me to give consent for treatment for medical issues, I would think the same info would be needed for you to give to your in-laws.
Childs full name, date of birth, SSN
Childs regular doctor including phone number
Both parents names, address, home and cell phone numbers
Insurance information (I have even made copies of cards) but at least the name, policy number and any other pertinent info that is on the cards
Dates of travel - I usually put a day before I left and a day after I would return in the event of being delayed.
I also would add a statement to mine that they gave me permission to obtain routine or emergency medical care, reason being kids get sick with colds, ear infections etc quickly but that is "routine" in the medical world and there are places that might stick to the wording of a medical release stating "emergency medical care" consent and the last thing you want is your child to suffer or more importantly your gracious in-laws to be denied the right to consent for treatment.
I am sure there will be Dis'ers that disagree with some of the above , just giving infomation on my experience dealing with children left in the care of others seeking medical care.
Also, my last trip to Disney was Jan 2012 and I took my great nephew, I found several forms online that I printed out to use to draft the consent I had his parents sign, and most of this info was asked for on the various forms, I just used the form for wording and ideas to make the most complete form I could produce.