Ch. 157

LAWS OF MARYLAND

CHAPTER 157

(House Bill 3)

AN ACT concerning

Adoptive Parent - Access to Medical and Dental Records

FOR the purpose of prohibiting, subject to a certain exception,
denial of access by an adoptive parent to medical or dental
records of an adopted minor.

BY repealing and reenacting, without amendments,

Article - Family Law

Section 5-329

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1987 Supplement)

BY adding to

Article - Family Law

Section 5-329.1

Annotated Code of Maryland

(1984 Volume and 1987 Supplement)

SECTION 1. BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF
MARYLAND, That the Laws of Maryland read as follows:

Article - Family Law

5-329.

(a)  (1) On petition by an adopted individual, a court shall
order that part of a court record or adoption agency record
containing needed medical information to be opened to inspection
by the individual if the court finds that the individual needs
the medical information for the health of the individual or a
blood relative of the individual.

(2) In the case of an adoption agency record, the
court may not grant the petition unless the adoption agency has
refused to release the medical information.

(b)  The court may not order opened for inspection any part
of a record that contains any information that reveals the
location or identity of the individual's natural parents.

5-329.1.

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