California · Family Code

FAM §8710.4: (a) The department shall ensure that information regarding families and children registered with the statewide exchange system described in Section 8710.

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The department must ensure information about families and children registered with the statewide exchange system is maintained as described in statute Section 8710.

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(a) The department shall ensure that information regarding families and children registered with the statewide exchange system described in Section 8710.2 is accessible by licensed adoption agency personnel throughout the state. Provision shall be made for secure Internet, telephone, and facsimile access by authorized licensed adoption agency personnel. (b) Information regarding children maintained by the statewide exchange system described in Section 8710.2 shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed to any parties other than authorized adoption agency personnel, except when consent to disclosure has been received in writing from the birth parents or the court that has jurisdiction.

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