10- 146 C.M.R. ch. 12, § I

Current through 2024-51, December 18, 2024

Section 146-12-I - DEFINITIONS

For the purposes of Chapter 12, the following terms shall have the meanings set forth below:

A.Adoptee means the person who is the subject of a birth certificate.

B.Application form means the form prescribed by the State Registrar for requesting access to an original birth certificate as prescribed in M.R.S.A. Title 22, M.R.S.A.§2768(5).

C.Attorney means a person duly authorized to act as the legal representative of another person.

D.Birth Certificate means a certified copy of a birth record.

E.Birth parent means the person who is the biological parent of an adoptee and who is named as the parent on the original birth certificate of the adoptee.

F. Birth Record means the current birth record of an individual. It is the birth record that contains the individual's name after adoption.

G.Contact preference form means the form which the State Registrar shall develop pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. §2769(5) which contains a birth parent's contact preferences.

H.Descendants meanthose persons who are the issue of an individual including, but not by way of limitation, the children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren to the most remote degree. Descendants are those persons related by birth in a descending line of birth from an individual.

I.Legal portion of birth record means the portion of the birth record on file that does not contain statistical data.

J.Medical history form means the form developed by the State Registrar required by 22 M.R.S.A. §2769(2) which contains a birth parent's updated medical history.

K.Notarized Affidavit means a written statement duly sworn to under oath before an attorney, notary public, justice of the peace or other person qualified to witness sworn statements.

L.Original birth record means the birth record that was established at the time of birth, but sealed pursuant to 22 M.R.S.A. §2765.

M.State Registrar means the State Registrar, Deputy State Registrar or other designated employee of the Department of Health and Human Services, Maine CDC, Office of Data, Research, and Vital Statistics.

10- 146 C.M.R. ch. 12, § I