# The Family Procedure (Adoption) Rules 2005, Article 30: Health reports


(1) Reports by a registered medical practitioner (“health reports”) made not more than three months earlier on the health of the child and of each applicant must be attached to an application for an adoption order or a section 84 order except where—
(a) the child was placed for adoption with the applicant by an adoption agency;
(b) the applicant or one of the applicants is a parent of the child; or
(c) the applicant is the partner of a parent of the child.
(2) Health reports must contain the matters set out in the relevant practice direction.
(3) Any health report will be confidential.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2005/2795/article/30 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-procedure-adoption-rules-2005/article-30
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