Although an infrequent occurrence, near fatalities and
fatalities of children who are receiving services or who have
recently received services from the Division do occur. Fatalities may occur due
to an illness or other medical condition, as a result of child neglect or
abuse, or because of a non-child maltreatment related accident. Regardless of
the cause of a near fatality or fatality, these events are extremely traumatic
for the family of the child, the foster family (if applicable), Division staff,
and service providers. Division staff will be supportive and helpful to those
who have had a meaningful and/or legal relationship with the child including
relatives and foster parents. Division leadership and management will recognize
the importance of appropriately supporting staff who worked directly with the
child and encourage those staff members to seek appropriate, individualized
services as needed.
Pursuant to A.C.A. §
12-18-103 a near fatality (also
referred to in DHS Policy 1090 as a serious injury) means an act that, as
certified by a physician, places a child in serious or critical condition. As
such, the Division will rely on the involved medical facility's designation of
the child's condition in determining if a particular incident meets the
criteria of near fatality as defined by law.
The Division of Children and Family Services County
Office will immediately (within one hour) notify the appropriate Area Director
or designee and the Assistant Director of Community Services or designee and
initiate action to ensure the safety of other children in the home when DCFS
becomes aware of a child near fatality or fatality that may be the result of
maltreatment and:
A.
The
child or sibling of the child is a subject of a
pending child maltreatment investigation or a child maltreatment investigation
within the preceding op 4 months.
B.
The child or sibling of the child
is a client in any supportive or protective services or out of home '
case.
C.
The child or
sibling of the child was a client in a supportive, protective services, or out
of home case during the previous 24
months.__________
The Assistant Director of Community
Servicesor designee will immediately (within one hour)
notify the Division Director who will notify the DHS Deputy
Director, DHS Chief Counsel (per DHS Policy 1090) and
the DHS Director of Communications. As such, the Division will not
automatically issue press releases on cases of child near fatality or fatality
related to maltreatment but will respond to requests for information as they
are received in consultation with the DHS Director of
Communications.
The Division will ensure that DHS Policy 1090 adhered to
regarding all near fatalities and fatalities.
When a fatality occurs in an open out of home
case, he Division will respectfully assist and support the parents
in making funeral arrangements or take other actions deemed necessary by the
Area Director.
Because quality improvement and accountability guides the
work of DCFS, an internal team of DCFS staff will meet following a child
fatality,that meets at least one of the criterion established in
items A&C above to review the case and identify systemic
issues, public health concerns, and where practice could have been improved in
that particular case in an effort to prevent future child fatalities and near
fatalities.
Following a DCFS internal near fatality or fatality
review, the Division will also be responsible for holding a meeting
.with the External Child Near Fatality and Fatality Review
Team,to review any
.certified , near fatality or fatality.for
which there is a current child death investigation (i.e., related o child
maltreatment)
. t
-T.
The External Child
Near Fatality and Fatality Review Team will conduct a
comprehensive review of the circumstances leading to the near fatalities and
fatalities of children who have been reported through the Arkansas Child Abuse
Hotline. Based on the findings of the reviews, the External Child
Near Fatality and Fatality Review Team will develop
recommendations and actions, as appropriate, to be implemented to prevent
other child near fatalities and
fatalities.
.The External Child Near Fatality and
Fatality Review Team will be comprised of the following
members:
A.
DCFS Director
or designee;
B.
DCFS Assistant Director of Community Services or
designee;
C.
DCFS Family Service Worker (FSW) Supervisor designated by the DCFS
Director;
D.
dCFS FSW
Investigative Supervisor designated by the DCFS Director;
E.
Crimes Against Children Division
Commander or designee;
F.
7Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape, and Domestic Violence
Executive Director or designee;
G.
Children's Advocacy Centers of
Arkansas Director or designee;
H. _______Arkansas CASA Association
Director or designee;
I.
Arkansas Children's Hospital's Team for Children at Risk and Arkansas
Children's House Director or "designee;
J.
Dependency-Neglect Attorney Ad
Litem Director or designee;
K.
Office of Chief
Counsel Director or designee;
L.
he Governor's Senior Advisor for
Child Welfare;--------------
M.
A member oTthe Arkansas
Child Death Review
Panel;---------------------------------------------------------------------
N.
A member of the Arkansas
Department of Health;
O.
A member appointed by the chair of
the House Subcommitee on Children and Youth of the House Committee on Aging,
Children and Youth, and Legislative and Military Affairs;
P.
A member appointed by the Chief
Justice of the Arkansas Supreme Court.
-------------------------
This External Child Near Fatality and
Fatality Review Team will meet at least quarterly each calendar
year. The committee meetings will be closed and information discussed at the
meeting will be confidential. Individuals who are not members of the
External Child Near Fatality and Fatality Review Team
will not be allowed to attend or otherwise participate in a committee meeting
unless a majority of the members vote to request the attendance or
participation of a non-committee member.
These external reviews will provide the Division and
other stakeholders involved with child serving systems with an additional
opportunity to collaboratively review the facts surrounding the fatality and
accurately assess child deaths, work to improve systemic issues, address public
health concerns, and determine recommendations to improve practice and work
together as a system to prevent future child fatalities and near
fatalities.
PROCEDURE IX-C1: Near Fatality of
Child
07/2018
In the case of a child near-fatality the county office
will:
A. Report maltreatment or any
suspected maltreatment to the Child Abuse Hotline immediately if it
has not already been called into the Child Abuse
Hotline.
B.
Notify the Area Director of the near fatality of the child
immediately.
-'
The Area Director will:
A.
Schedule and hold the
internal review of the near fatality within 14 calendar days (or earlier upon
the*
.
DCFS Director's request) with DCF
staff to ascertain information involving facts surrounding the
near"
fatality. The meeting will include:
1)
FSW
2)
County
Supervisor/Investigative Supervisor
3)
Area
Director
4)
.Child Protective Services (CPS)
.Manager
5)
Assistant Director of
Community Services or designee
6) .Other appropriate staff as
needed
The individuals above may participate in the
meeting by phone as appropriate..
B.
Immediately (within 24 hours
or as required by the Director) prepare CFS-307: Near
Fatality/Fatality*[GREATER THAN] Disclosure Case
Briefing Summary and the CFS-309: Children and Family Services Internal Review
of Child
[GREATER THAN]
Near
Fatality/Death and fax or email it to the CPS Manager.,
C.
Ensure the completion of
CFS-306: Documentation of Child's Medical Episode Related to Near Fatality
by
the child's attending physician or other attending
medical personnel who treated the child during the child's medical
episode.
The CPS Manager will:
A.
t Review the completed
CFS-307: Near Fatality/Fatality Disclosure Case Briefing Summary and forward
it
1)
Assistant
Director of Community Services or designee
2)
Assistant Director of
Prevention and eunification or designee
3)
Quality Assurance Unit Manager
or d R esignee
B. Request updated information from the
counties as needed.
C. Review the
CFS-306: Documentation of Child's Medical Episode Related to Near
Fatality.
D. Work with the chair of
the .External Child Near Fatality and Fatality Review Team
as appropriate in coordinating logistics and necessary' reports
for the quarterly -External Child Near Fatality and Fatality Review
Team .
E. Prepare the
list of all .
certified near fatalities as well as all
records related to the child and send the information to the members of the
External Child Near Fatality and Fatality Review Team
"' at least fourteen calendar days prior to a scheduled committee meeting.
1) This information may be sent as hard
copies or electronically.
The Quality Assurance Unit will:
A. Enter information regarding near
fatalities related to maltreatment on the Child Fatality /Near Fatality
Disclosure Log.
PROCEDURE IX-C3: Child Fatality
Notification
07/2018
The Crimes Against Children Division
will:
A.
Investigate child maltreatment allegations according to established
procedures.
B.
If safety concerns are identified, immediately contact DCFS to
conduct the remaining components of the Health and Safety Assessment (Safety
Planning and Investigation Risk Assessment) as appropriate.
1)
DCFS will then be assigned as
the secondary investigator on that particular
investigation.
C.
Coordinate with law
enforcement and relinquish their case to them if the possibility of criminal
charges is involved and law enforcement prefers to assume
responsibility.
D.
Initiate needed affidavits for legal action.
E.
Keep the county office advised
of the status of the investigation, including initial notification when
appropriate.
F.
Share all information with the parents, offender, and
victim,,
as
appropriate.______________________________
The Family Service Worker assigned as secondary to
the investigation will:
A.
If CACD contacted DCFS to
conduct the remaining components of the Health and Safety Assessment (Safety
Planning and Investigation Risk Assessment), immediately ascertain the safety
of other children remaining under the care of the alleged offender and develop
a protection plan or pursue protective custody, as
appropriate.
B.
Provide any services to the family as
needed.
C.
Enter all contacts with the family into the
CHRIS.
D.
Share all information about prior contacts with the family with
agency staff and law enforcement who are investigating the case.
In the case of a fatality of a child the county office
will:
A. Immediately notify
the Area Director by phone.
B.
Report maltreatment or any suspected maltreatment to the Child Abuse Hotline
immediately,
if it has not already been called into the
Child Abuse Hotline.
C. Immediately (within 24 hours or as
required by the DCFS Director) complete CFS-307: Child .Near
Fatality/Fatality Disclosure Case Briefing Summary and CFS-308:
Child Fatality Review Packet Checklist and' forward the CFS-307 and CFS-308 and
all required documents listed on CFS-308 to the CPS Manager.
D. Place copies of CFS-307 and CFS-308 in the
child's record.
E. If the child
fatality is a result of a prior near fatality event and the
fatality occurred more than 24 hours after the near fatality,
ensure the completion of CFS-306-A: Documentation of
Near Fatality Subsequently Resulting in Fatality by the child's attending
physician or other attending medical personnel' who treated the child during
the child's medical episode.
F. Fax
or email the completed CFS-306-A: Documentation of
Original Near Fatality Subsequently Resulting in Fatality to the CPS Manager
within 72 hours of the fatality, if applicable.
G. Place a copy of the
CFS-30
6-A in the child's record, if applicable.
The Area Director or designee will:
A. Notify the Assistant Director of Community
Services or designee immediately by phone.
B. Ensure employee immediately (within 24
hours or as required by DCFS Director) completes and forwards completed CFS-30
n : Child
,
Near Fatality/Fatality
Disclosure Case Briefing Summary and forward the CFS
307 to the CPS Ma
7 ager. "
C. Complete the CFS-308: Child Fatality
Review Packet Checklist within
seven calendar days of
the fatality and fax or email both forms along with all required documents
listed on the CFS-308 to the CPS Manager.
1)
Schedule and hold an Internal Fatality Review meeting with DCFS
staff within 14 calendar days of
the fatality in order
to ascertain the facts surrounding the child's death. The meeting
will
include:
a)
FSW
b)
CACD
Investigator
c)
County Supervisor/Investigative Supervisor
d)
CACD
Supervisor
e)
Area Director
f)
CPS
Manager
g)
Assistant Director of Community Services or
designee
h)
Assistant Director of Prevention and Reunification or
designee,
i)
Any other needed staff as appropriate,
D. Expeditiously provide
all other information requested by CPS Manager.
The Assistant Director of Community Services or designee
will:
A. Notify the DHS
Director of Communications by phone within one hour of occurrence if the
incident is expected to receive media attention.
B. Discuss relevant details of the case with
the DHS Director of Communications to determine the type of information that
will be released to the media. Pertinent information that can be released will
include disclosable information as provided by the DHS Disclosure Policy (DHS
Policy Group 4009).
1) Any information
concerning siblings or attorney-client communications will not be
released.
C. Remain in
direct contact with appropriate field personnel in order to develop a clear
understanding of the circumstances surrounding the incident
The CPS Manager will:
Review CFS-307:
Child.Near Fatality/Fatality Disclosure Case Briefing
Summary. */
A
B. Forward the CFS-307: Child .Near
Fatality/Fatality Disclosure Case Briefing Summary to:
1) -Assistant Director of Community Services
or designee
2)
/Assistant Director of Prevention and Reunification or
designee
3) DCFS
Director
4) DHS Director of
Communications
5) DHS Deputy
Director over DCFS
C
Review the CFS-308: Child Fatality Review Packet Checklist and all required
documents listed on CFS-308 .
D.
Enter information regarding the fatality on the Child Death Logand Child Death
Public Disclosure Log. *
E. Serve as the point of contact for
follow-up and subsequent briefings of the Assistant
Directors, Division*' Director, and DHS Deputy
Director.
F.
-Work with the chair of the .External Child Near Fatality and
Fatality Review Team as appropriate in coordinating logistics and necessary
reports for the quarterly -External Child Near Fatality and Fatality Review
Team .
G. Prepare the list
of all child deaths as well as all records related to the child and send the
information to the members of the External Child Near Fatality and Fatality
Review Team at least fourteen calendar days prior to a scheduled committee
meeting.
1) This information may be sent as
hard copies or electronically.
The Quality Assurance Unit will:
A. Enter information regarding fatalities
related to maltreatment on the Child Fatality /Near Fatality Disclosure Log.
POLICY IX-C: CHILD NEAR FATALITIES AND
FATALITIES
07/2018
Although an infrequent occurrence, near fatalities and
fatalities of children who are receiving services or who have recently received
services from the Division do occur. Fatalities may occur due to an illness or
other medical condition, as a result of child neglect or abuse, or because of a
non-child maltreatment related accident. Regardless of the cause of a near
fatality or fatality, these events are extremely traumatic for the family of
the child, the foster family (if applicable), Division staff, and service
providers. Division staff will be supportive and helpful to those who have had
a meaningful and/or legal relationship with the child including relatives and
foster parents. Division leadership and management will recognize the
importance of appropriately supporting staff who worked directly with the child
and encourage those staff members to seek appropriate, individualized services
as needed.
Pursuant to A.C.A. §
12-18-103 a near fatality (also
referred to in DHS Policy 1090 as a serious injury) means an act that, as
certified by a physician, places a child in serious or critical condition. As
such, the Division will rely on the involved medical facility's designation of
the child's condition in determining if a particular incident meets the
criteria of near fatality as defined by law.
The Division of Children and Family Services County
Office will immediately (within one hour) notify the appropriate Area Director
or designee and the Assistant Director of Community Services or designee and
initiate action to ensure the safety of other children in the home when DCFS
becomes aware of a child near fatality or fatality that may be the result of
maltreatment and:
A.
The
child or sibling of the child is a subject of a pending child maltreatment
investigation or a child maltreatment investigation within the preceding 24
months.
B.
The child
or sibling of the child is a client in any open supportive or protective
services or out-of-home case.
C.
The child or sibling of the child
was a client in a supportive, protective services, or out-of-home case during
the previous 24 months.
The Assistant Director of Community Services or designee
will immediately (within one hour) notify the Division Director who will notify
the DHS Deputy Director, DHS Chief Counsel (per DHS Policy 1090) and the DHS
Director of Communications. As such, the Division will not automatically issue
press releases on cases of child near fatality or fatality related to
maltreatment but will respond to requests for information as they are received
in consultation with the DHS Director of Communications.
The Division will ensure that DHS Policy 1090 adhered to
regarding all near fatalities and fatalities.
When a fatality occurs in an open out-of-home case, the
Division will respectfully assist and support the parents in making funeral
arrangements or take other actions deemed necessary by the Area
Director.
Because quality improvement and accountability guides the
work of DCFS, an internal team of DCFS staff will meet following a child
fatality that meets at least one of the criterion established in items A-C
above to review the case and identify systemic issues, public health concerns,
and where practice could have been improved in that particular case in an
effort to prevent future child fatalities and near fatalities.
Following a DCFS internal near fatality or fatality
review, the Division will also be responsible for holding a meeting with the
External Child Near Fatality and Fatality Review Team to review any certified
near fatality or fatality for which there is a current child death
investigation (i.e., related to child maltreatment).. The External Child Near
Fatality and Fatality Review Team will conduct a comprehensive review of the
circumstances leading to the near fatalities and fatalities of children who
have been reported through the Arkansas Child Abuse Hotline. Based on the
findings of the reviews, the External Child Near Fatality and Fatality Review
Team will
develop recommendations and actions, as appropriate, to
be implemented to prevent other child near fatalities and
fatalities.
The External Child Near Fatality and Fatality Review Team
will be comprised of the following members:
A.
DCFS Director or
designee;
B.
DCFS
Assistant Director of Community Services or designee;
C.
DCFS Family Service Worker (FSW)
Supervisor designated by the DCFS Director;
D.
DCFS FSW Investigative Supervisor
designated by the DCFS Director;
E.
Crimes Against Children Division
Commander or designee;
F.
Arkansas Commission on Child Abuse, Rape, and Domestic Violence
Executive Director or designee;
G.
Children's Advocacy Centers of
Arkansas Director or designee;
H.
Arkansas CASA Association Director or
designee;
I.
Arkansas
Children's Hospital's Team for Children at Risk and Arkansas Children's House
Director or designee;
J.
Dependency-Neglect Attorney Ad Litem Director or designee;
K.
Office of Chief
Counsel Director or designee;
L.
The Governor's Senior Advisor for
Child Welfare; M. A member of the Arkansas Child Death Review Panel; N. A
member of the Arkansas Department of Health; O. A member appointed by the chair
of the House Subcommittee on Children and Youth of the House
Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, and Legislative
and Military Affairs; P. A member appointed by the Chief Justice of the
Arkansas Supreme Court.
This External Child Near Fatality and Fatality Review
Team will meet at least quarterly each calendar year. The committee meetings
will be closed and information discussed at the meeting will be confidential.
Individuals who are not members of the External Child Near Fatality and
Fatality Review Team will not be allowed to attend or otherwise participate in
a committee meeting unless a majority of the members vote to request the
attendance or participation of a non-committee member.
These external reviews will provide the Division and
other stakeholders involved with child serving systems with an additional
opportunity to collaboratively review the facts surrounding the fatality and
accurately assess child deaths, work to improve systemic issues, address public
health concerns, and determine recommendations to improve practice and work
together as a system to prevent future child fatalities and near
fatalities.
PROCEDURE IX-C1: Near Fatality of Child
07/2018
In the case of a child near-fatality the county office
will:
A. Report maltreatment or any
suspected maltreatment to the Child Abuse Hotline immediately if it has not
already been called into the Child Abuse Hotline.
B. Notify the Area Director of the near
fatality of the child immediately.
The Area Director will:
A. Schedule and hold the internal review of
the near fatality within 14 calendar days (or earlier upon the DCFS Director's
request) with DCFS staff to ascertain information involving facts surrounding
the near fatality. The meeting will include:
1) FSW
2) County Supervisor/Investigative
Supervisor
3) Area
Director
4) Child Protective
Services (CPS) Manager
5) Assistant
Director of Community Services or designee
6) Other appropriate staff as needed The
individuals above may participate in the meeting by phone as
appropriate.
B.
Immediately (within 24 hours or as required by the Director) prepare CFS-307:
Near Fatality/Fatality Disclosure Case Briefing Summary and the CFS-309:
Children and Family Services Internal Review of Child Near Fatality/Death and
fax or email it to the CPS Manager.
C. Ensure the completion of CFS-306:
Documentation of Child's Medical Episode Related to Near Fatality by the
child's attending physician or other attending medical personnel who treated
the child during the child's medical episode.
The CPS Manager will:
A. Review the completed CFS-307: Near
Fatality/Fatality Disclosure Case Briefing Summary and forward it to:
1) Assistant Director of Community Services
or designee
2) Assistant Director
of Prevention and Reunification or designee
3) Quality Assurance Unit Manager or
designee
B. Request
updated information from the counties as needed.
C. Review the CFS-306: Documentation of
Child's Medical Episode Related to Near Fatality.
D. Work with the chair of the External Child
Near Fatality and Fatality Review Team as appropriate in coordinating logistics
and necessary reports for the quarterly External Child Near Fatality and
Fatality Review Team .
E. Prepare
the list of all certified near fatalities as well as all records related to the
child and send the information to the members of the External Child Near
Fatality and Fatality Review Team at least fourteen calendar days prior to a
scheduled committee meeting.
1) This
information may be sent as hard copies or electronically.
The Quality Assurance Unit will:
A. Enter information regarding near
fatalities related to maltreatment on the Child Fatality /Near Fatality
Disclosure Log.
PROCEDURE IX-C3: Child Fatality
Notification
07/2018
The Crimes Against Children Division will:
A. Investigate child maltreatment allegations
according to established procedures.
B. If safety concerns are identified,
immediately contact DCFS to conduct the remaining components of the Health and
Safety Assessment (Safety Planning and Investigation Risk Assessment) as
appropriate.
1) DCFS will then be assigned as
the secondary investigator on that particular investigation.
C. Coordinate with law enforcement
and relinquish their case to them if the possibility of criminal charges is
involved and law enforcement prefers to assume responsibility.
D. Initiate needed affidavits for legal
action.
E. Keep the county office
advised of the status of the investigation, including initial notification when
appropriate.
F. Share all
information with the parents, offender, and victim, as appropriate.
The Family Service Worker assigned as secondary to the
investigation will:
A. If
CACD contacted DCFS to conduct the remaining components of the Health and
Safety Assessment (Safety Planning and Investigation Risk Assessment),
immediately ascertain the safety of other children remaining under the care of
the alleged offender and develop a protection plan or pursue protective
custody, as appropriate.
B. Provide
any services to the family as needed.
C. Enter all contacts with the family into
the CHRIS.
D. Share all information
about prior contacts with the family with agency staff and law enforcement who
are investigating the case.
In the case of a fatality of a child the county office
will:
A. Immediately notify
the Area Director by phone.
B.
Report maltreatment or any suspected maltreatment to the Child Abuse Hotline
immediately if it has not already been called into the Child Abuse
Hotline.
C. Immediately (within 24
hours or as required by the DCFS Director) complete CFS-307: Child Near
Fatality/Fatality Disclosure Case Briefing Summary and CFS-308: Child Fatality
Review Packet Checklist and forward the CFS-307 and CFS-308 and all required
documents listed on CFS-308 to the CPS Manager.
D. Place copies of CFS-307 and CFS-308 in the
child's record.
E. If the child
fatality is a result of a prior near fatality event and the fatality occurred
more than 24 hours after the near fatality, ensure the completion of CFS-306-A:
Documentation of Near Fatality Subsequently Resulting in Fatality by the
child's attending physician or other attending medical personnel who treated
the child during the child's medical episode.
F. Fax or email the completed CFS-306-A:
Documentation of Original Near Fatality Subsequently Resulting in Fatality to
the CPS Manager within 72 hours of the fatality, if applicable.
G. Place a copy of the CFS-306-A in the
child's record, if applicable.
The Area Director or designee will:
A. Notify the Assistant Director of Community
Services or designee immediately by phone.
B. Ensure employee immediately (within 24
hours or as required by DCFS Director) completes and forwards completed
CFS-307: Child Near Fatality/Fatality Disclosure Case Briefing Summary and
forward the CFS- 307 to the CPS Manager.
C. Complete the CFS-308: Child Fatality
Review Packet Checklist within seven calendar days of the fatality and fax or
email both forms along with all required documents listed on the CFS-308 to the
CPS Manager.
1) Schedule and hold an Internal
Fatality Review meeting with DCFS staff within 14 calendar days of the fatality
in order to ascertain the facts surrounding the child's death. The meeting will
include:
a) FSW
b) CACD Investigator c) County
Supervisor/Investigative Supervisor d) CACD Supervisor e) Area Director f) CPS
Manager g) Assistant Director of Community Services or designee h) Assistant
Director of Prevention and Reunification or designee i) Any other needed staff
as appropriate
D. Expeditiously provide all other
information requested by CPS Manager.
The Assistant Director of Community Services or designee
will:
A. Notify the DHS
Director of Communications by phone within one hour of occurrence if the
incident is expected to receive media attention.
B. Discuss relevant details of the case with
the DHS Director of Communications to determine the type of information that
will be released to the media. Pertinent information that can be released will
include disclosable information as provided by the DHS Disclosure Policy (DHS
Policy Group 4009).
1) Any information
concerning siblings or attorney-client communications will not be
released.
C. Remain in
direct contact with appropriate field personnel in order to develop a clear
understanding of the circumstances surrounding the incident.
The CPS Manager will:
A. Review CFS-307: Child Near
Fatality/Fatality Disclosure Case Briefing Summary.
B. Forward the CFS-307: Child Near
Fatality/Fatality Disclosure Case Briefing Summary to:
1) Assistant Director of Community Services
or designee
2) Assistant Director
of Prevention and Reunification or designee
3) DCFS Director
4) DHS Director of Communications
5) DHS Deputy Director over DCFS
C. Review the CFS-308: Child
Fatality Review Packet Checklist and all required documents listed on
CFS-308.
D. Enter information
regarding the fatality on the Child Death Log and Child Death Public Disclosure
Log.
E. Serve as the point of
contact for follow-up and subsequent briefings of the Assistant Directors,
Division Director, and DHS Deputy Director.
F. Work with the chair of the External Child
Near Fatality and Fatality Review Team as appropriate in coordinating logistics
and necessary reports for the quarterly External Child Near Fatality and
Fatality Review Team .
G. Prepare
the list of all child deaths as well as all records related to the child and
send the information to the members of the External Child Near Fatality and
Fatality Review Team at least fourteen calendar days prior to a scheduled
committee meeting.
1) This information may be
sent as hard copies or electronically.
The Quality Assurance Unit will:
A. Enter information regarding fatalities
related to maltreatment on the Child Fatality/Near Fatality Disclosure
Log.
