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Unannotated Code of Maryland (Last Updated: May 16, 2014) |
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HEALTH - GENERAL |
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TITLE 5. DEATH |
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SUBTITLE 7. CHILD FATALITY REVIEW TEAMS |
§ 5-701. Definitions
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(a) In general. -- In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.
(b) Child. -- "Child" means an individual under the age of 18 years.
(c) Child death review case reporting system. -- "Child death review case reporting system" means a national, standardized, web-based reporting system for the confidential collection, analysis, aggregation, and reporting of child death data that is maintained and operated by a national center for child death review.
(d) Data use agreement. -- "Data use agreement" means a contract between the Department and a national center for child death review that establishes the terms and conditions for the State and local child fatality review teams' participation in a child death review case reporting system.
(e) Health care provider. -- "Health care provider" means:
(1) An individual licensed or certified under the Health Occupations Article to provide health care; or
(2) A facility that provides health care to individuals.
(f) Local team. -- "Local team" means the multidisciplinary and multiagency child fatality review team established for a county.
(g) Meeting. -- "Meeting" includes meetings through telephone conferencing.
(h) National center for child death review. -- "National center for child death review" means a public, private, nonprofit, or governmental organization or entity that is funded or otherwise recognized by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for:
(1) Developing a child death review case reporting system;
(2) Training and serving as a liaison to State agencies participating in the system; and
(3) Disseminating national child death review data generated by the system.
(i) State Team. -- "State Team" means the State Child Fatality Review Team.
(j) Unexpected child death. -- "Unexpected child death" means a death of a child investigated by the office of the Chief Medical Examiner as required by § 5-309 of this title.