An adopted person may obtain a copy of that person's original certificate of birth from the State Registrar of Vital Statistics, referred to in this section as "the state registrar," in accordance with this section.

1.__Requirements.__The adopted person must be at least 18 years of age and have been born in this State.

2.__Application.__The adopted person must file a written application with and provide appropriate proof of identification to the state registrar.

3.__Issuance of birth certificate and forms.__Upon receipt of the written application and proof of identification pursuant to subsection 2 and fulfillment of the requirements of subsection 4, the state registrar shall issue a noncertified copy of the unaltered original certificate of birth to the applicant.__If a contact preference or medical history form has been completed and submitted to the state registrar pursuant to section 2769, the state registrar also must provide that information.

4.__Fees; waiting period.__The state registrar may require a waiting period and impose a fee for the noncertified copy provided pursuant to subsection 3.__The fees and waiting period imposed under this subsection must be identical to the fees and waiting period generally imposed on persons seeking their own birth certificates.

5.__Forms; rules.__The state registrar shall develop by rule the application form as required by this section and may adopt other rules for the administration of this section.__Rules adopted pursuant to this subsection are routine technical rules as defined in Title 5, chapter 375, subchapter 2-A.

Sec. 5. 22 MRSA §2769 is enacted to read:

§2769.__Contact preference and medical history forms

The State Registrar of Vital Statistics shall provide upon request each birth parent a contact preference form and a medical history form as described in this section.

1.__Definitions.__As used in this section, unless the context otherwise indicates, the following terms have the following meanings.