Iowa Code 600.24 – Access to records
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The department may allow access to adoption records held by the department or an agency if all of the following conditions are met:
1. The identity of the biological parents of the adopted person is concealed from the person gaining access to the records.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 600.24
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- person: means individual, corporation, limited liability company, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership or association, or any other legal entity. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Records: includes probate and other official public records, as well as records in the office of the county recorder. See Iowa Code 614.29
2. The person gaining access to the records uses them solely for the purposes of conducting a legitimate medical research project or of treating a patient in a medical facility.