Section 9-9-801 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:(1) 'Adoption file' means a file maintained by the Department of Health that contains an original birth certificate and adoption decree of an adoptee;(2) 'Genetic and social history' has the same meaning as provided under § 9-9-501; and(3) 'Requester' means a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who requests an adoption file under § 9-9-803 and is:(A) The adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains; or(B) The child, surviving spouse, or guardian of any child of a deceased adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains.Added by Act 2017, No. 519,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017