Regulation 6 Adoption agency arrangements for adoption work
An adoption agency shall, in consultation with the adoption panel and to the extent specified in paragraph (5) with the adoption agency's medical adviser, make arrangements which shall be set out in writing to govern the exercise of the agency's and the panel's functions and such arrangements shall be reviewed by the agency not less than once every three years.
Subject to regulations 14 and 15, the arrangements referred to in paragraph (1) shall include provision—
for maintaining the confidentiality and safekeeping of adoption information, case records and the indexes to them,
for authorising access to such records and indexes or disclosure of information by virtue of regulation 15, and
for ensuring that those for whom access is provided or to whom disclosure is made by virtue of regulation 15(2)(a) agree in writing before such authorisation is given that such records, indexes and information will remain confidential, so however that a child who is placed for adoption or who has been adopted and his prospective adopter or adoptive parent shall not be required to give such agreement in respect of that child's adoption.
The adoption agency shall satisfy itself that social work staff employed on the agency's work have had such experience and hold such qualifications as the adoption agency considers appropriate to that work.
The adoption agency shall nominate at least one registered medical practitioner to be the agency's medical adviser.
The adoption agency's medical adviser shall be consulted in relation to the arrangements for access to and disclosure of health information which is required or permitted by virtue of regulation 15.