144.44  Permits for research.

The department may permit access to vital statistics by professional genealogists and historians, and may authorize the disclosure of data contained in vital statistics records when deemed essential for bona fide research purposes which are not for private gain. The department shall adopt rules which establish the parameters for access to and authorized disclosure of vital statistics and data contained in vital statistics records relating to birth and adoption records under this section.

Section History: Early form

  [C24, 27, 31, 35, 39, § 2406, 2415; C46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, § 144.21, 144.30; C71, 73, 75, 77, 79, 81, § 144.44]

Section History: Recent form

  94 Acts, ch 1171, §6

Internal References

  Referred to in § 144.18


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