- A. An adoption agency shall not destroy any files, records, reports, and other papers not filed in or in the possession of the court for 99 years;
B. If an adoption agency ceases operations, the adoption agency shall do all of the following:
- 1. Transfer the documents described in subsection (A) of this section to the Department or to another adoption agency in this state if the documents concern a matter that is closed;
- 2. Transfer the documents described in subsection (A) of this section to another adoption agency in this state if the documents concern a matter that is open;
- 3. Notify the Department of the transfer of any documents to another adoption agency in this state; and
- 4. Notify all adoptive parents whose files the adoption agency is transferring to the Department or another adoption agency in this state of the transfer.
Historical Note
New Section made by final exempt rulemaking at 21 A.A.R. 3524, effective January 24, 2016 (Supp. 15-4).