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(2)   "Director" means the State Director of Social Services.

(3)   "Secretary" means the Secretary of Health and Mental Hygiene.

(b)   This section applies only to an adoption in which a court enters an order for adoption on or after January 1, 2000.

(c)   This section does not bar:

(1)   an adoptee or biological parent from applying for search, contact, and reunion services under Subtitle 4B of this title; or

(2)   the Director or a confidential intermediary from obtaining a copy of a record under § 5-4B-04(c) or § 5-4B-06(b) or (c) of this title.

(d)    (1)   An adoptee who is at least 21 years old may apply to the Secretary for a copy of:

(i)   the adoptee’s original certificate of birth;

(ii)   all records that relate to the adoptee’s new certificate of birth, if any; and

(iii)   the report of the adoptee’s order of adoption filed by the clerk of court under § 4-211 of the Health - General Article.

(2)   If an adoptee is at least 21 years old, a biological parent of the adoptee may apply to the Secretary for a copy of:

(i)   the adoptee’s original certificate of birth;

(ii)   the new certificate of birth, if any, substituted, under § 4-211 of the Health - General Article, for the adoptee’s original certificate of birth;

(iii)   all records that relate to the adoptee’s new certificate of birth; and

(iv)   the report of the adoptee’s order of adoption filed by the clerk of court under § 4-211 of the Health - General Article.

(3)   Each applicant under this subsection shall:

(i)   provide all proof of identity and other relevant information that the Secretary requires; and

(ii)   pay the fee required under Title 4, Subtitle 2 of the Health - General Article for a copy of a record.

(e)    (1)   A biological parent may:

(i)   file with the Director a disclosure veto, to bar disclosure of information about that parent in a record accessible under this section;

(ii)   cancel a disclosure veto at any time; and

(iii)   refile a disclosure veto at any time.

(2)   An adoptee at least 21 years old may:

(i)   file with the Director a disclosure veto, to bar disclosure of information about the adoptee in a record accessible under this section;

(ii)   cancel a disclosure veto at any time; and

(iii)   refile a disclosure veto at any time.

(3)   Immediately after the Director receives a disclosure veto or cancellation under this subs

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