LD 1805
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LR 2450
Item 1

 
A.__"Adoptee" means the person who is the subject of a birth
certificate.

 
B.__"Birth parent" means the person who is the biological
parent of an adoptee and who is named as the parent on the
original birth certificate of the adoptee.

 
C.__"Contact preference form" means the form developed by
the state registrar pursuant to subsection 3.

 
D.__"Medical history form" means the form developed by the
state registrar pursuant to subsection 2.

 
E.__"State registrar" means State Registrar of Vital
Statistics.

 
2.__Medical history form.__The state registrar shall develop
and distribute upon request to birth parents a medical history
form.__A birth parent may use this form to describe the medical
history of the birth parent.__A birth parent shall fill out a
medical history form if that birth parent fills out a contact
preference form.

 
3.__Contact preference form.__The state registrar shall
develop a contact preference form on which a birth parent may
state a preference regarding contact by an adoptee.__The form
must contain the following statements from which the birth parent
may choose only one.

 
A.__"I would like to be contacted.__I have completed this
contact preference form and a medical history form and am
filing them with the State Registrar of Vital Statistics."

 
B.__"I would prefer to be contacted only through an
intermediary.__I have completed this contact preference form
and a medical history form and am filing them with the State
Registrar of Vital Statistics."

 
C.__"I would prefer not to be contacted.__I may change this
preference by filling out another contact preference form.__
I have completed this contact preference form and a medical
history form and am filing them with the State Registrar of
Vital Statistics."

 
4.__Attachment of forms to birth certificate; treatment.__Upon
receipt of a completed contact preference form or medical history
form, the state registrar shall attach the completed form to the
appropriate original birth certificate of the adoptee.__A
completed contact preference form and medical history form have


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