Requests for non-identifying information
 9. (1) The following persons may request from the MCSS custodian or a society non-identifying information related to an adoption: 1. An adopted person who is 18 or older or who has the written consent of an adoptive parent. 2. An adoptive parent. 3. The child of an adopted person if the adopted person is deceased and the child is 18 or older. 4. A birth parent. 5. A birth grandparent. 6. A birth sibling who is 18 or older. 7. A sibling of a birth parent if the sibling is 18 or older. (2) Information related to an adoption may include, (a) background information relating to, (i) an adopted person’s birth parents, birth grandparents, birth siblings and other birth family members, (ii) an adopted person’s adoptive parents and adoptive family, or (iii) in the case of an adopted person who was adopted more than once, the adopted person’s former adoptive parents and former adoptive family; (b) the circumstances leading to an adoption placement; (c) the details relating to the birth of an adopted person; (d) the care received by the person prior to an adoption placement; (e) the developmental progress of the adopted person; (f) the date of an adoption placement or of an adoption order; and (g) the name of the society or of the licensee responsible for the adoption placement. (3) The request may be made to, (a) the MCSS custodian; or (b) if the adopted person was placed for adoption by a society, to the society that placed the adopted person for adoption. (4) If the MCSS custodian receives a request that should have been made to a society under subsection (3), the custodian shall refer the person making the request to that society and inform the person of the person’s right to request non-identifying information from the society under this section. (5) If a society receives a request that should have been made to the MCSS custodian under subsection (3), the society shall refer the person making the request to the MCSS custodian and inform the person of the person’s right to request non-identifying information from the MCSS custodian under this section. (6) After receiving a request for non-identifying information, the MCSS custodian or a society shall take the following steps: 1. In the case of a request under clause (3) (a), the MCSS custodian shall request from the MCYS Director any information related to the adoption. 2. In the case of a request under clause (3) (b), the society shall, i. request from the MCSS custodian any information related to the adoption that was previously contained in the society’s files that has been subsequently disposed of in the normal course of business or otherwise destroyed, damaged or lost, and ii. request information related to the adoption from any other society that provided a service to the adopted person or a birth parent of the adopted person. 3. The MCSS custodian or the society shall render the information received under paragraph 1 or 2, and in the case of the society any information that relates to the adoption in its possession, non-identifying by making copies of the documents containing the information and redacting from the copies any information that may identify a person other than the person who requested the information. 4. The MCSS custodian or society shall provide the information that has been rendered non-identifying under paragraph 3 to the person who made the request. (7) The MCSS custodian or a society who receives a request for non-identifying information under subsection (3) shall respond to the request within 30 days after receiving the request or may extend that deadline for responding by not more than 90 days if, (a) responding to the request within 30 days would unreasonably interfere with the operations of the MCSS custodian’s ministry or the society because the information consists of numerous pieces of information or locating the information would necessitate a lengthy search; or (b) responding to the request within 30 days after receiving it is not reasonably practical because of the time required to render the information non-identifying. (8) If the MCSS custodian receives a request for information under subparagraph 2 i of subsection (6), the MCSS custodian shall request the information from the MCYS Director and provide any information it receives from the MCYS Director to the society. (9) If the MCYS Director receives a request for information under paragraph 1 of subsection (6) or subsection (8), the MCYS Director shall provide the MCSS custodian any information relating to the adoption in the possession of the Director’s ministry. (10) If a society receives a request for information under subparagraph 2 ii of subsection (6), the society shall provide to the society that made the request any information related to the adoption in the society’s possession.