N.D. Cent. Code § 50-25.1-04.5

Current through 2023 Legislative Sessions
Section 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.

N.D.C.C. § 50-25.1-04.5

Amended by S.L. 2013, ch. 383 (SB 2161),§ 3, eff. 8/1/2013.