South Carolina § 63-11-1910 - Definitions.
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§ 63-11-1910. Definitions.
For purposes of this article:
(1) "Child" means a person under eighteen years of age.
(2) "Committee" means the State Child Fatality Advisory Committee.
(3) "Department" means the State Law Enforcement Division's Department of Child Fatalities.
(4) "Local child protective services agency" means the county department of social services for the jurisdiction where a deceased child resided.
(5) "Meeting" means both in-person meetings and meetings through telephone conferencing.
(6) "Preventable death" means a death which reasonable medical, social, legal, psychological, or educational intervention may have prevented.
(7) "Provider of medical care" means a licensed health care practitioner who provides, or a licensed health care facility through which is provided, medical evaluation or treatment, including dental and mental health evaluation or treatment.
(8) "Working day" means Monday through Friday, excluding official state holidays.
(9) "Unexpected death" includes all child deaths which, before investigation, appear possibly to have been caused by trauma, suspicious or obscure circumstances, or child abuse or neglect.
HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 361, SECTION 2.
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