District Of Columbia § 4-1371.05 - Criteria for case review.
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§ 4-1371.05. Criteria for case review.
4-1371.05The Committee shall be responsible for reviewing the deaths of children who were residents of the District of Columbia and of such children who, or whose families, at the time of death:
Or at any point during the 2 years prior to the child’s death, were known to the juvenile justice or intellectual disability or developmental disabilities systems of the District of Columbia; and
Or at any point during the 4 years prior to the child’s death, were known to the child welfare system of the District of Columbia.
The Committee may review the deaths of nonresidents if the death is determined to be accidental or unexpected and occurs within the District.
The Committee shall establish, by regulation, the manner of review of cases, including use of the following approaches:
Multidisciplinary review of individual fatalities;
Multidisciplinary review of clusters of fatalities identified by special category or characteristic;
Statistical reviews of fatalities; or
Any combination of such approaches.
The Committee shall establish 2 review teams to conduct its review of child fatalities. The Infant Mortality Review Team shall review the deaths of children under the age of one year and the Child Fatality Review Team shall review the deaths of children over the age of one year. Each team may include designated public officials with responsibilities for child and juvenile welfare from each of the agencies and entities listed in .
Full multidisciplinary/multi-agency reviews shall be conducted, at a minimum, on the following fatalities:
Those children known to the juvenile justice system;
Those children who are known to the intellectual or developmental disabilities systems;
Those children for which there is or has been a report of child abuse or neglect concerning the child’s family;
Those children who were under the jurisdiction of the Superior Court of the District of Columbia (including protective service, foster care, and adoption cases);
Those children who, for some other reason, were wards of the District; and
Medical Examiner Office cases.
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Source: official District Of Columbia text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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