Section 137.26. Adoption procedures

(a) A hospital providing maternity care shall provide a list, upon request, of available counselors and counseling services, compiled by the court, to maternity patients who are known to be considering relinquishment or termination of parental rights.

(b) Medical history information shall, where practicable, be delivered by the attending physician or other designated person to the intermediary, who shall deliver the information to the adopting parents or their physician. In cases where there is no intermediary, medical history information shall be delivered directly to the adopting parents or their physician. Medical history information shall be construed to be the adoptee’s complete medical records as well as other information concerning an adoptee or an adoptee’s natural family which are relevant to the adoptee’s present or future health care or medical treatment.

(c) In all cases, medical history information shall be edited before delivery so as to remove contents which would identify the adoptee’s natural family.

The provisions of this § 137.26 adopted November 2, 1984, effective November 3, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 3961.

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Authority

The provisions of this § 137.26 issued under section 2102(g) of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P. S. § 532(g)); and the Adoption Act, 23 Pa.C.S. § 2909.