Child fatality review panel - Confidentiality of meetings, documentation, and reports
N.D. Cent. Code § 50-25.1-04.5
in effect50-25.1-04.5. Child fatality review panel - Confidentiality of meetings, documentation,
and reports.
1. Notwithstanding section 44-04-19, all meetings of the panel are closed to the public.
Notwithstanding section 44-04-18, all documentation and reports of the panel are
confidential, except for annual reports. The annual report involving child abuse and
neglect deaths and near deaths must include the following:
a. The cause of and circumstances regarding the death or near death;
b. The age and gender of the child;
c. Information describing any previous child abuse and neglect reports or
assessments that pertain to the child abuse or neglect that led to the death or
near death;
d. The result of any such assessments; and
e. The services provided in accordance with section 50-25.1-06, unless disclosure is
otherwise prohibited by law.
2. The panel shall make available to the persons designated in section 50-25.1-11 the
documentation and reports of the panel.
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