71.3.13. Every institution operating a child and youth protection centre is responsible for disclosing to any adoptee, or, if the latter is deceased, his descendants in the first degree, or any parent of origin who so requests the information and documents they are entitled to obtain under article 583 or 583.0.1 of the Civil Code, if applicable. The institution shall also disclose to the adoptee, his descendants in the first degree, his brothers or sisters of origin, whether adopted or not, or his grandparents of origin the information referred to in article 583.10 of that Code, where the conditions set out in that article are met.
The institution shall disclose to the descendants in the first degree of a deceased adoptee who so request a summary of the adoptee’s family and medical antecedents referred to in section 71.3.6 of this Act.
In addition, such an institution must, if the adoptee or parent of origin sought consents to it, disclose to a physician who has provided a written statement attesting that the health of the adoptee, of the parent of origin or of a close relative genetically linked to them, as the case may be, warrants disclosure of the medical information concerned to in article 584 of the Civil Code information making it possible to identify the adoptee or parent of origin as well as information making it possible to establish contact with him or his physician.
Any physician who receives the information referred to in the second paragraph must take the safety measures necessary to make sure the information remains confidential. The information may only be disclosed or used for the purposes set out in article 584 of the Civil Code.
2017, c. 122017, c. 12, s. 611; 2022, c. 222022, c. 22, s. 18411.