SECTION 135:10-21-2. Local Child Death Review Teams

(a)   The Child Death Review Board may establish and enter into agreements with local child death review teams pursuant to 10 O.S. 1150.2(A)(5). The local teams shall carry out such duties and responsibilities as the Board shall designate, including reviewing cases in the geographical area where the team is located.

(b)   Members of a team shall be appointed by the Executive Director of the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth (OCCY) upon recommendation by the Board and shall include, at a minimum, the following: a medical professional, a District Attorney or Assistant District Attorney, a law enforcement investigator, an OKDHS Child Welfare employee, and a licensed mental health professional.

(c)   Each team member shall serve a term of two years and may be reappointed to an unlimited number of terms. Each member may appoint a designee to attend team meetings in the members absence. However, each member shall personally attend at least seventy-five percent of all meetings in a given calendar year. If a member fails to attend at least seventy-five percent of all meetings in a given year, the position shall be vacated and the OCCY Executive Director shall make an appointment filling the position for the remainder of the term.

(d)   The teams shall meet no less than quarterly in a given calendar year.

(e)   The team shall send at least one member, other than a designee, to report annually to the Board for the purpose of assessing the progress and of the team. If a team is deemed to be non-functioning the Board may dismantle it and establish a new team whose new members shall be appointed in the same manner as provided for in subsection (b) above.

(f)   The teams shall conduct case reviews of the deaths and near deaths of children due to abuse or neglect which occur in the geographical region designated by the Board The teams shall use the same review resources as the Board- All records obtained or created by a local team shall be records of the Board and subject to the confidentiality and privilege provisions of the Board's enabling act

(g)   Each team shall perform all duties and abide by all conditions as provided for in each agreement between the team and the Board.

[Source: Added at 17 Ok Reg 595, eff 12-8-99 (emergency); Added at 17 Ok Reg 2298, eff 6-26-00; Amended at 30 Ok Reg 1529, eff 7-25-13; Amended at 36 Ok Reg 1526, eff 9-13-19]