Section 7B-1401 - [Effective 1/1/2025] DefinitionsThe following definitions apply in this Article:
(1a) Child Fatality Prevention System. - The statewide system comprised of the following: b. The North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force as established in this Article.d. Medical examiner child fatality staff.(2) Local Team. - A multidisciplinary child death review team that is either a single or multicounty team responsible for performing any type of review pursuant to this Article.(2a) Medical examiner child fatality staff. - Staff within the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner whose primary responsibilities involve reviewing, investigating, training, educating, or supporting death investigations into child fatalities that fall under the jurisdiction of the medical examiner pursuant to G.S. 130A-383.(2b) National Fatality Review Case Reporting System or NFR-CRS. - The web-based system used by a majority of states to provide child death review teams with a simple method for capturing, analyzing, and reporting on the full set of information shared at a child death or serious injury review.(2c) State Office. - The State Office of Child Fatality Prevention established under Part 4C of Article 3 of Chapter 143B of the General Statutes. (4) Task Force. - The North Carolina Child Fatality Task Force. N.C. Gen. Stat. § 7B-1401
Amended by 2023 N.C. Sess. Laws 134,s. 9H.15-f, eff. 1/1/2025 (Originally eff. 7/1/2025) amended by 2024 N.C. Sess. Laws 1,s. 3.6-a, eff. 1/1/2025.1991, c. 689, s. 233(a); 1993, c. 321, s. 285(a); 1998-202, s. 6.This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.