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SECTION 2. AND BE IT FURTHER ENACTED, That this Act
shall take effect July 1, 1982.

Approved May 20, 1982.

CHAPTER 387

(House Bill 978)

AN ACT concerning

Adoption Records - Inspection

FOR the purpose of permitting an adopted individual to
petition the court for access to certain adoption
records for health reasons; and requiring the court to
permit inspection of the records under certain
circumstances; and generally relating to the inspection
of adoption records.

BY adding to

Article 16 - Chancery

Section 85

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1981 Replacement Volume and 1981 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That section(s) of the Annotated Code of Maryland
read(s) as follows:

Article 16 - Chancery

85.

(A) IF AN ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL NEEDS ANY MEDICAL

INFORMATION IN THE COURT RECORD OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S ADOPTION
FOR HEALTH REASONS, THE INDIVIDUAL MAY PETITION THE COURT
FOR PERMISSION TO INSPECT ANY PART OF THE RECORD CONTAINING
MEDICAL INFORMATION.

(B) IF THE COURT FINDS THAT ANY MEDICAL INFORMATION IN
THE COURT RECORD OF THE INDIVIDUAL'S ADOPTION IS NEEDED FOR
THE HEALTH OF THE INDIVIDUAL OR OF ANY BLOOD RELATIVE OF THE
INDIVIDUAL, THE COURT SHALL ORDER OPEN TO INSPECTION BY THE
INDIVIDUAL THE PART OF THE RECORD CONTAINING THE NEEDED
MEDICAL INFORMATION.

(A) AN ADOPTED INDIVIDUAL MAY PETITION A COURT FOR
PERMISSION TO INSPECT ONLY THAT PART OF THE ADOPTION AGENCY
OR COURT RECORD CONTAINING MEDICAL INFORMATION IF THE