Maryland § 5-701

§ 5-701.

    (a)    In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.

    (b)    “Child” means an individual under the age of 18 years.

    (c)    “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” 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” 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” means the multidisciplinary and multiagency child fatality review team established for a county.

    (g)    “Meeting” includes meetings through telephone conferencing.

    (h)    “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” means the State Child Fatality Review Team.

    (j)    “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.