Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 181 - VITAL STATISTICS
Subchapter A - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Section 181.10 - Availability of Birth Records to Ensure Confidentiality of Adoption Placement
Universal Citation: 25 TX Admin Code ยง 181.10
Current through Reg. 49, No. 38; September 20, 2024
(a) This section establishes requirements governing the control of public accessibility to birth records and in order to ensure the confidentiality of adoption placements.
(b) Availability of birth records generally.
(1) Copies of birth records are available for
request by the public for searching or inspection, in accordance with
Government Code, §
552.115,
on or after the 75th anniversary of the date of birth as shown on the record
filed with the Vital Statistics Unit or the local registration official.
Original birth records shall not be made available to the public in the
interest of preservation of the records.
(2) The local registration official, upon
receipt of a record of birth based on adoption or paternity must delete or
expunge the birth record filed at the time of the event.
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