I am an Adoptive Parent (I Adopted a Child) - Severe Medical Searches
If the child you adopted has a severe mental or physical illness, you can apply for a Severe Medical Search on behalf of your child if your child is less than 18 years old.
This could help you give medical information to your adopted child’s birth relatives. It could also help you get medical information from his or her birth relatives.
Restrictions
- Severe Medical Searches have very strict criteria
- Your doctor or health care professional must complete a section of the application form
- It must be clear that your adopted child or your adopted child’s birth relatives will get a direct medical benefit from receiving this medical information. (A direct medical benefit means that the severe mental or physical illness will likely be easier to diagnose or treat)
Applying for a Severe Medical Search
- Your adopted child must have suffered from, or be suffering from, a severe mental or physical illness
- This is a free service
- Download the guide and Severe Medical Search application, or call 416-325-8305 or 1-800-461-2156 (TTY 416-325-3408) to get more information
- Send your application by mail, registered mail or courier only
- We will send a letter of confirmation when we receive your application
Already Applied?
- If your mailing address changed:
Mail your name, new address, original mailing address and date of birth to:
Custodian of Adoption Information
P.O. Box 654
77 Wellesley St. West
Toronto, ON
M7A 1N3
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