Rule 14.12 Health reports
(1)
Reports by a registered medical practitioner (“health reports”) made not more than 3 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 Practice Direction 14D.
(3)
A health report is confidential.