R436-18-3. Adoption Registry Program Registration Procedures, Form Content

(1) A registrant shall: (a) be at least 18 years old; (b) complete registration online through the adoption registry website or submit a paper form provided by the office; and (c) pay the registration fee, which is required regardless of whether a match is made. (2) Each registrant on the adoption registry shall include, to the fullest extent known: (a) the registrant's current name; (b) the registrant's current contact information, including an email address; (c) the birth mother's name at time of the adoptee's birth; (d) the birth father's name at the time of the adoptee's birth; (e) the birth mother's current name; (f) the birth father's current name; (g) the adoptee's birth name; (h) the adoptee's adoptive name; (i) the adoptee's current name; (j) the adoptee's birth date; (k) the adoptee's birth place, including the city, county, and facility or location of the birth; (l) the name of each adoptive parent at the time of adoption; (m) the name of the adoption agency or private attorney that handled the adoption; and (n) any additional information that will help to identify the birth parent or adoptee. (3) The registrant may elect to: (a) receive identifying information for another registrant; (b) share registrant identifying information, which may include a method for contact; (c) share registrant identifying information but decline to provide a method for contact; or (d) share name and contact information of an intermediary who will facilitate communication between the matched registrants. (4) A birth parent may allow the office to make available for inspection by an adoptee other information about the birth parent, including an updated health history. (5) A birth parent may prohibit the office from sharing any of that birth parent's information or documents with the adoptee if the birth parent gets a court order sealing the records in accordance with Section 81-13-103. (6)(a) An adoptee may request a non-certified copy of the adoptee's original birth certificate. (b) An adoptee may request other non-identifying information, including an updated medical history and contact information provided by the birth parent.