Queensland Consolidated Acts

ADOPTION ACT 2009 - SECT 122

122 Health

(1) The chief executive must be satisfied the person has good health to provide stable, high level care for a child until adulthood.

(2) Without limiting subsection (1) , the person does not have good health for subsection (1) if the person has a disqualifying condition.

(3) If the person has a condition other than a disqualifying condition, the chief executive must have regard to—

(a) its effect on the level of care the person will be able to provide to an adopted child, without help from someone else, and the time for which the person is likely to be able to provide the care; and

(b) whether the person needs a carer or is likely to need a carer in the future; and

(c) whether the condition is likely to have an adverse impact on an adopted child’s wellbeing or best interests.

(4) In this section—

"condition" means—

(a) a disability or impairment; or

(b) an illness or anything else that affects a person’s health.

"disqualifying condition" means a condition prescribed under a regulation to be a disqualifying condition for this section.

"health" means physical, psychological and mental health.