Vermont § 5083 - Participants in address confidentiality program

§ 5083. Participants in address confidentiality program

• (a) If a participant in the program described in 15 V.S.A. chapter 21, subchapter 3 who is the parent of a child born during the period of program participation
  notifies the physician or midwife who delivers the child, or the hospital at which
  the child is delivered, not later than 10 days after the birth of the child, that
  the participant’s confidential address should not appear on the child’s birth certificate,
  then the address shall not be maintained in the Statewide Registration System and
  the State Registrar, town clerks, and any other issuing agent shall ensure the confidentiality
  of the address during the period of program participation in accordance with measures
  prescribed by the State Registrar. A participant who fails to provide such notice
  shall be deemed to have waived the provisions of this section. (b) The State Registrar shall notify the Secretary of State that a program participant
  has given notice under this section. (c) The State Registrar shall maintain a confidential record of the parent’s actual mailing
  address and town of residence, which shall be exempt from public inspection and copying
  under the Public Records Act. (d) Upon the expiration, withdrawal, invalidation, or cancellation of program participation
  of any parent of whom the Secretary of State received notice from the State Registrar,
  the Secretary of State shall notify the State Registrar. (e) Upon notice of the expiration, withdrawal, invalidation, or cancellation of program
  participation, the State Registrar shall update the Statewide Registration System
  and take such other steps as may be necessary to ensure that the actual mailing address
  and town of residence on the birth certificate are available for public inspection
  and copying in accordance with section 5016 of this title. (f) [Repealed.] (Added 1999, No. 134 (Adj. Sess.), § 4, eff. Jan. 1, 2001; amended 2015, No. 23, § 9; 2017, No. 46, § 35, eff. July 1, 2019.)