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As used in this subchapter:

  1. (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. (2) “Genetic and social history” has the same meaning as provided under § 9-9-501; and

  3. (3) “Requester” means a person twenty-one (21) years of age or older who requests an adoption file under § 9-9-803 and is:

    1. (A) The adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains; or

    2. (B) The child, surviving spouse, or guardian of any child of a deceased adoptee to whom the adoption file requested pertains.


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