(a) The department shall establish and maintain a contact veto registry for the purposes of permitting registration of the willingness or unwillingness of the persons or classes of persons named herein for contact with persons eligible to have access to any records covered by this part; provided, that the contact veto registry shall not be applicable to records requested pursuant to § 36-1-127(b).
(b) The following persons may have their names entered in the registry either to file a contact veto or to give consent to contact:
(1) A parent, sibling, spouse, lineal ancestor, or lineal descendant of an adopted person or a person for whom records are maintained as described in § 36-1-127(c)(1)(A), either before or after such persons reach twenty-one (21) years of age;
(2) The legal representative of any person described in subdivision (b)(1).
(c) The registry shall contain the following information:
(1) The name of each person who has duly filed a contact veto or who has given consent for further contact;
(2) The address given by the person as the address at which any personal, postal, or telephone contact shall be made by the department;
(3) The date and place of birth of the person, if known;
(4) Any persons whom the person who files a contact veto wishes to exclude from the application of the contact veto pursuant to § 36-1-130(a)(6)(A)(i);
(5) The name, address, and telephone number of the person requesting contact so as to be notified in the event that the contact veto is withdrawn or varied;
(6) The method of contact, if any, to which the person consents, including contact through one (1) or more third parties; and
(7) Any other information that eligible parties wish to release to the other eligible parties.
(d) Within ninety (90) days of January 1, 1996, and periodically thereafter on at least an annual basis, through the use of public service announcements and other forms of media coverage as may be available without cost, the department shall announce the existence of the registry and its services.
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