Section 5-520 - Duties of licensees.
§ 5-520. Duties of licensees.
(a) Religious affiliation.- In placing a minor child for adoption or in giving the care, custody, or control of a minor child to any person, a licensee shall give preference to persons of the same religious belief as that of the child or the child's parents unless the parents specifically indicate a different choice.
(b) Medical history.- A person authorized to place a minor child for adoption shall compile and make available to an adoptive parent a pertinent medical history of the child's natural parents, if possible.
(c) Limitation on content of medical history.- A medical history compiled under this section may not disclose or permit disclosure of the names or identity of a child's natural parents.
[An. Code 1957, art. 88A, §§ 27, 27A; 1984, ch. 296, § 2.]