9:6-8.90 Duties of board.
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8. The board shall:
a. Identify the fatalities of children due to unusual circumstances according to the following criteria:
(1)The cause of death is undetermined;
(2)Death where substance use disorder may have been a contributing factor;
(3)Homicide, child abuse or neglect;
(4)Death where child abuse or neglect may have been a contributing factor;
(5)Malnutrition, dehydration, or medical neglect or failure to thrive;
(6)Sexual abuse;
(7)Head trauma, fractures or blunt force trauma without obvious innocent reason such as auto accidents;
(8)Suffocation or asphyxia;
(9)Burns without obvious innocent reason such as auto accident or house fire; and
(10)Suicide.
b. Identify fatalities and near fatalities among children whose family, currently or within the last 12 months, were receiving services from the division.
L.1997,c.175,s.8; amended 2023, c.177, s.21.