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relevant family members of a deceased person.__The purpose of | | the voluntary interview is limited to gathering information or | | data for the purposes of the panel in summary or abstract form | | without family names or patient identifiers.__A person who | | conducts interviews under this paragraph must meet the | | qualifications for panel coordinator and also have | | professional experience or training in bereavement services.__ | | A person conducting an interview under this paragraph may make | | a referral for bereavement counseling. |
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| | | E.__The panel coordinator shall prepare a summary or | | abstract of relevant information regarding the deceased | | person, as determined to be useful to the panel, but without | | the name or identifier of the deceased person, and shall | | present the summary or abstract to the panel. |
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| | | 5.__Duties and powers of panel.__The panel has the following | | duties and powers. |
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| | | A.__The panel shall conduct comprehensive multidisciplinary | | reviews of data presented by the panel coordinator. |
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| | | B.__The panel shall present an annual report to the | | department and to the joint standing committee of the | | Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human | | services matters.__The report must identify factors | | contributing to maternal and infant death in the State, | | determine the strengths and weaknesses of the current | | maternal and infant health care delivery system and make | | recommendations to the department to decrease the rate of | | maternal and infant death. |
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| | | The panel shall offer a copy of the annual report to the | | parent or parents or other authorized representative of the | | deceased person that granted permission to the panel | | coordinator for a voluntary interview under subsection 4, | | paragraph C. |
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| | | C.__The panel shall share the results of its data reviews | | and recommendations with the child death and serious injury | | review panel established pursuant to section 4004, | | subsection 1, paragraph E.__The maternal and infant death | | review panel may request and review data from the child | | death and serious injury review panel, regardless of any | | prior work by the child death and serious injury review | | panel. |
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| | | 6.__Limitations.__The panel coordinator may not proceed with | | reviews of medical records or voluntary interviews without the |
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