Sec. 162.408. PROOF OF IDENTITY. The rules and minimum standards of the Department of State Health Services for the vital statistics unit must provide for proof of identity in order to facilitate the purposes of this subchapter and to protect the privacy rights of adoptees, adoptive parents, birth parents, biological siblings, and their families.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 23, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 1.113, eff. April 2, 2015.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subchapter E. Voluntary Adoption Registries
Section 162.403. Establishment of Voluntary Adoption Registries
Section 162.404. Requirement to Send Information to Central Registry
Section 162.405. Determination of Appropriate Registry
Section 162.406. Registration Eligibility
Section 162.408. Proof of Identity
Section 162.412. Supplemental Information
Section 162.414. Matching Procedures
Section 162.416. Disclosure of Identifying Information
Section 162.419. Registry Records Confidential