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The Department shall establish an electronic register, to be called the 'Puerto Rico Statewide Voluntary Adoption Register', which shall also be known by its [Spanish] acronym, R.E.V.A., in which the names of all minors intended for permanent adoption shall be recorded, as well as the names of the adopting parties, together with updated and accurate information to identify them, as required by regulations approved to such effect. The Register shall include:\n(1) A list of all minors intended for permanent adoption whose legal custody has not been yet severed.\n(2) A list of all minors intended for permanent adoption whose legal custody has been terminated.\n(3) A list of all adopting parties who wish to adopt, sorted in chronological order of their applications.\n(4) A list of all adopting parties with a favorable expert social study, sorted in chronological order of such studies.\nThe Register shall be organized, so as to provide candidates for adoption with the opportunity to be adopted anywhere in the Island, regardless of the region of Puerto Rico or of the United States to which the adopting parties may belong. The R.E.V.A.

ndidates for adoption with the opportunity to be adopted anywhere in the Island, regardless of the region of Puerto Rico or of the United States to which the adopting parties may belong. The R.E.V.A. shall be the only Register in existence in Puerto Rico.\nFor an applicant to register in the R.E.V.A. the presentation of a signed expert social study shall be mandatory, as well as the legal documents and evidence of faithful compliance with the regulations approved by the Department of the Family, as it arises from this chapter.\nAn applicant who is a U.S. citizen and resident of the United States may register in the R.E.V.A. upon compliance with the legal and regulatory requirements of the Department of the Family. Furthermore, all citizens residing in the United States that aspire to register in R.E.V.A. shall submit, at their own expense, the Expert Social Study that attests to his/her suitability as an adoptive resource.\nOnce the adoption decree on behalf of adopting parties residents of the United States becomes final and binding, the Vital Statistics Registry of the Department of Health, by virtue of its enabling Act, §§ 1041 et seq.

ecree on behalf of adopting parties residents of the United States becomes final and binding, the Vital Statistics Registry of the Department of Health, by virtue of its enabling Act, §§ 1041 et seq. of Title 24, shall issue a new birth certificate with the new name of the minor and the names of the adoptive parents.\nAny person adopted after the date of approval of this act shall be entitled to access confidential data on the Register concerning his/her adoption once he/she attains legal age. However, he/she shall only be granted access to such information as strictly necessary to guarantee his/her right to contact his/her biological parents.\nHistory —Dec. 18, 2009, No. 186, § 14, eff. 30 days after Dec. 18, 2009; Dec. 16, 2011, No. 247, § 4.