Pennsylvania § 2921 - Establishment of registry.
Full text of Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 2921 — Establishment of registry., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 2921. Establishment of registry.
The department shall do all of the following:
(1) Establish a Statewide confidential registry for the receipt, filing and retention of medical and social history information and authorization forms for all adoptions finalized or registered in this Commonwealth.
(2) Prescribe and distribute forms on which an adoptee, an adoptive parent and a birth parent may:
(i) Request identifying information or contact.
(ii) Authorize or refuse to authorize the release of identifying information or contact.
(iii) File and update information with the registry.
(3) Retain information filed with the registry as a permanent record.
(4) Disseminate the information pursuant to the requirements of this subchapter.
Source: official Pennsylvania text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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What does Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes § 2921 cover?
Section 2921 ("Establishment of registry.") is part of the Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes, the codified statutory law of Pennsylvania. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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