N.D. Cent. Code § 50-25.1-04.5: 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.