Q: Is it legal for Drs offices to demand court records years after adoption.
Our adoption was finalized in 2013. New birth certificate, name change, social security updated etc. Case is closed we are legally her parents. Last new patient apt we walked away from after the nurse demanded the final court order Wich I don't carry and it's the only time iv ever been asked this. We have some new upcoming apts for her with different providers coming up and my daughter asked if they were going to bring up her other bio parents again. It threw us both last time being asked and wondering if I should start carrying her adoption records if this is a new law that they have to have court records from a closed case in her medical records. I don't have to do this with children i birthed and even with them they don't ask for a blood test to prove I am their legal parent. Iv seen a few other parents ask it on adoption boards as it happens occisanially.
A:
They ask this, evidently, because the information is needed to properly treat the child. Some diseases are genetic, and it makes sense that they would ask for information about the biological parents. Note that the HIPAA rules would probably require your consent to actually tell the biological parents anything about the child's medical condition.
But if you don't want to give them that information, you don't have to; go to another doctor.
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