Oklahoma Department of Human Services
Sequoyah Memorial Office Building, 2400 N. Lincoln Blvd. • Oklahoma City, OK 73105
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Library: Records Disposition Schedules
OKDHS
Programs Division
Consolidated Records Disposition Schedule 87-04
January 26, 2006
Division of Children, Youth and Family Services/Child Welfare Services Unit
44-1 Adoption Records--Child Records   Confidential Record 10 O.S., §60.17 and §60.29
Description: File pertains to Independent Adoption Cases and Adoption Cases involving children in the custody of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services. Documents include, but are not limited to, background reports and staff working notes; psychological evaluations; court orders and petitions; divorce case orders; clothing requisitions; foster home agreements; OKDHS staff legal opinions; copies of medical records; and correspondence. These records are transferred to the state office of the Oklahoma Department of Human Services (Division of Children and Family Services) by county office when the adoption process has been finalized.
Volume: 150 cubic feet per year
Disposition:

Retain in office and microfilm. Destroy hard copy documents except those defined by Archives and Records Commission Rule 60:10-7-2(2) as below standards for microfilm (1) upon certification that the microfilm meets all standards established by the Archives and Records Commission, (2) after storing the master negative in an off site storage facility that meets Archives and Records Commission standards for the storage of permanent microfilm, and (3) after retaining at least one (1) user copy in the agency.

OR

Retain in office and transfer data to optical disks. Destroy hard documents (a) upon certification that all records have been successfully entered on disk; (b) after storing a back up copy of the disk in an off site storage area that meets the manufacturer's recommendations for temperature and humidity controls; or if no recommendations are provided by the manufacturer, after storing the back up disk in an off site storage area whose temperature is between 65º and 75º Fahrenheit and whose relative humidity is between 30% and 50%; and (c) after retaining at least one (1) user copy of the disk in the agency. 
Amended October 16, 1996

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