Washington Administrative Code
Title 388 - Social and Health Services, Department of
CHILD CARE AGENCIES/LICENSING REQUIREMENTS
Chapter 388-147 - Licensing requirements for child placing agency and adoption services
FIRE SAFETY
Adoption Services
Section 388-147-1720 - How do I maintain children's records?

(1) Your child-placing agency must retain a record of each child you place in permanent custody. This record must contain all available identifying legal, medical, and social information and must be kept confidential, as required by chapter 26.33 RCW.

(2) If your agency closes you must make arrangements for a period of ninety-nine years for the retention of adopted children's records who were not in the custody of the department. You must inform your DLR regional licensor about the closure of your agency and where these children's records will be kept.