Sec.54-240a-8. Confidentiality of marriage records

(a) Requests for confidentiality of marriage records. Participants may request that their marriage records be kept confidential in accordance with section 54-240f of the Connecticut General Statutes.

(b) Processing of requests. Authorized personnel in the appropriate office of the registrar of vital statistics shall process the program participant's request for confidentiality of marriage records in accordance with section 54-240f of the Connecticut General Statutes

(c) ACP request form. The Secretary of the State shall prescribe an ACP request form for use by authorized personnel in the appropriate office of the registrar of vital statistics when processing a participant's request for confidentiality of marriage records.

(d) Notification letter. In lieu of an ACP request form, the authorized personnel in the appropriate office of the registrar of vital statistics may notify the Secretary of the State, in writing, when he or she has processed a participant's request for confidentiality of marriage records. The notice shall be on the registrar of vital statistic's letterhead stationery and shall contain the name of the participant, the participant's certification code, and the signature and title of the authorized personnel in the appropriate office of the registrar of vital statistics.

(e) Completion and delivery of forms. The authorized personnel in the appropriate office of the registrar of vital statistics shall complete an ACP request form or notification letter at the time the request is processed, and shall retain a copy of the ACP request form or notification letter, provide a copy to the participant, and forward the original to the ACP at P.O. Box 150469, Hartford, CT. 06115-0469.

(f) Information release to law enforcement agency. A request from a law enforcement agency for release of records in a participant's file shall be in writing, on agency letterhead stationery and signed by the agency's chief law enforcement officer.

(Adopted effective March 23, 2005)