{"data":{"id":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-5-701","jurisdiction":"us-md","citation":"Md. Code, Health - General § 5–701","heading":"","body":"(a) In this subtitle the following words have the meanings indicated.\n(b) “Child” means an individual under the age of 18 years.\n(c) “Child death review case reporting system” means a national, standardized, web–based reporting system for the confidential collection, analysis, aggregation, and reporting of child death data that is maintained and operated by a national center for child death review.\n(d) “Data use agreement” means a contract between the Department and a national center for child death review that establishes the terms and conditions for the State and local child fatality review teams’ participation in a child death review case reporting system.\n(e) “Health care provider” means:\n(1) An individual licensed or certified under the Health Occupations Article to provide health care; or\n(2) A facility that provides health care to individuals.\n(f) “Local team” means the multidisciplinary and multiagency child fatality review team established for a county.\n(g) “Meeting” includes meetings through telephone conferencing.\n(h) “National center for child death review” means a public, private, nonprofit, or governmental organization or entity that is funded or otherwise recognized by the United States Department of Health and Human Services and is responsible for:\n(1) Developing a child death review case reporting system;\n(2) Training and serving as a liaison to State agencies participating in the system; and\n(3) Disseminating national child death review data generated by the system.\n(i) “State Team” means the State Child Fatality Review Team.\n(j) “Unexpected child death” means a death of a child investigated by the office of the Chief Medical Examiner as required by § 5–309 of this title.","path":["Article - Health - General"],"source_url":"https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/mgawebsite/Laws/StatuteText?article=ghg\u0026section=5-701","current_through":"2026-01-01","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T19:58:48Z","sha256":"b1d383054b7a9ff3c592cd2ab0bf46abe65a1feab07a90337cb30d1d3b72f595","source_id":"us-md","stale":false,"prev":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-5-626","next":"us-md/md.-code-health-general-5-702"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}