Date of consent means the date on which the department received written consent to conduct an initial evaluation from the parent or person in parental relation. Consent occurs when one person voluntarily agrees to the proposal or desires of another. It is a term of common speech, with specific definitions used in such fields as the law, medicine, research, and sexual consent . Consent as understood in specific contexts may differ from its everyday meaning . For example, a person with a mental disorder, a low mental age, or under the legal age of sexual consent may willingly engage in a sexual act that still fails to meet the legal threshold for ... Consent is a legal requirement of medical practice and not a procedural formality. Getting a mere signature on a form is no consent . If a patient is rushed into signing consent , without giving sufficient information, the consent may be invalid, despite the signature. In the "date of physical consent," you should write the exact date on which the physical consent was given or signed. This means the day, month, and year when the individual provided their physical agreement or approval in person .
