Section 5-520 - Duties of licensees. - Maryland Statutes

§ 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.]