{"data":{"id":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-671.01","jurisdiction":"us-dc","citation":"D.C. Code § 7-671.01","heading":"Definitions.","body":"For the purposes of this chapter, the term:\n\n(a)\n(1)\n\"Committee\" means the Maternal Mortality Review Committee established in § 7-671.02.\n(2)\n\"Maternal mortality\" means any pregnancy-related death or pregnancy-associated death.\n(3)\n\"Personally identifiable information\" means information that identifies any person or could be used to identify any person, including:\n(A)\nPrenatal, fetal, pediatric, and infant medical records;\n(B)\nHospital discharge records;\n(C)\nHospital or clinic records and laboratory reports;\n(D)\nHealth insurance claim information;\n(E)\nRecords of fetal deaths or induced termination of pregnancies; and\n(F)\nRecords of public benefits, child abuse and neglect records, school records, mental health records, police reports, and autopsy reports.\n(4)\n\"Pregnancy-associated death\" means the death of a woman while the woman is pregnant or within one year after the end of the pregnancy, irrespective of the cause, other than a pregnancy-related death.\n(5)\n\"Pregnancy-related death\" means the death of a woman while the woman is pregnant or within one year after the end of the pregnancy, from any cause related to the pregnancy or its management, but not from accidental or incidental causes.","path":["Title 7. Human Health Care and Safety.","Chapter 6C. Maternal Mortality Review Committee."],"source_url":"https://code.dccouncil.gov/us/dc/council/code/sections/7-671.01","current_through":"2026-08-20 (D.C. Law 26-175)","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-29T05:44:07Z","sha256":"44c0e951ab82e36a77f335e1d2c099a9c49f923f63c849b965179d508def9c8c","source_id":"us-dc","stale":false,"prev":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-661.17","next":"us-dc/d.c.-code-7-671.02"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}