Okla. Stat. tit. 10, § 10-1150.6: Child maltreatment medical review

A. Beginning November 1, 2019, and subject to the availability

of funds, the Director of the Bureau of Vital Statistics shall,

within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt of notice of any child

death, forward the name, date of birth, date of death and other

identifying information about the child who has died to the Oklahoma

Commission on Children and Youth. The Commission shall submit the

information for a child maltreatment medical review to a child abuse

examiner or a child abuse pediatrician in the state.

B. The findings of the child maltreatment medical review shall

be reported to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, the

Department of Human Services, the law enforcement agency and the

child advocacy center or child abuse multidisciplinary team where

the suspected maltreatment occurred and the Child Death Review

Board. The findings of the child maltreatment medical review shall

be considered prior to closing an investigation or assessment

conducted by the Department of Human Services related to the child

death.

C. Subject to the availability of funds, the Commission may

provide stipends to child abuse examiners who perform child

maltreatment medical reviews and report their findings pursuant to

this section.

D. As used in this section, "child maltreatment medical review"

means a review of information by a child abuse examiner about

suspected child maltreatment with the intent to determine if

maltreatment occurred. The review of information may include, but

is not limited to, information obtained from law enforcement

agencies, the Department of Human Services, medical records,

forensic interviews and other relevant information.