§ 16-49-6-5 — Members of review team; quarterly meetings

Indiana § 16-49-6-5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 49: CHILD FATALITY REVIEWS
• Ch. 6: Fetal-Infant Mortality Review Teams

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(a) A local fetal-infant mortality review team
shall be multidisciplinary and culturally diverse. The review team
should include professionals and representatives of agencies that
provide services or community resources for families in the
community.
(b) Members may include representatives from the following
disciplines:
(1) Obstetrics.
(2) Mental health.
(3) Pediatrics.
(4) Family medicine.
(5) Public health nursing.
(6) Maternal fetal medicine.
(7) Emergency medical services.
(8) Social work.
(9) Addiction medicine.
(c) Members may also include any of the following:
(1) A coroner or deputy coroner.
(2) An epidemiologist.
(3) A pathologist.
(4) A law enforcement representative.
(5) A representative of the Indiana Minority Health Coalition.
(d) The local fetal-infant mortality review team shall select a
member to serve as chairperson of the review team.
(e) The local fetal-infant mortality review team shall meet at least
quarterly.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.31-2019, SEC.5.