9-9-804. Immunity.

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9-9-804. Immunity. An officer or employee of the Department of Health who releases any information contained in an adoption file or provides a copy of an adoption file to a requester is not criminally liable or civilly liable in damages to any person for injury, death, or loss allegedly arising from the release of the information or copy if the officer or employee releases the information or copy in accordance with § 9-9-803.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-9-804

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9-9-803. Access to adoption file.

9-9-803. Access to adoption file. (a) Beginning August 1, 2018, a requester may submit a written request for a copy of an adoption file from the Department of Health. (b)(1) A request submitted under this section shall include the requester's address and notarized signature and satisfactory proof of the requester's identity as determined by the department. (2) If the requester is the child, widow or widower, or guardian of any child of the deceased adoptee to whom the adoption file pertains, the requester shall also provide notarized documentation evidencing the requester's relationship to the adoptee. (c)(1) Upon receipt of a request made under subsection (a) of this section, the department shall mail the adoption file to the requester at the address provided in the request. (2) If an adoption file contains a form submitted under § 9-9-802(a)(2)(A)(i), the department shall redact the birth parent's name from the copy of the adoption file before it is mailed to the requester. (3) If a form under § 9-9-802(a)(2)(A)(ii) is submitted after a copy of the adoption file is mailed to the requester, the department shall mail the requester another copy of the adoption file with the birth parent's name included in the adoption file within thirty (30) days of the date the form was removed. (4) Before mailing a requester an adoption file under subdivision (c)(1) of this section, the department shall mark the certified copy of the original birth certificate contained in the adoption file as “not intended for official use” or similar. (d) The department shall mail a requester an adoption file by certified mail, return receipt requested. (e)(1) If an adoption file contains a form submitted under § 9-9-802(a)(3)(A)(i) and (ii), the department shall include the form in

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-9-803

Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 9-9-803. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.