2006 Ohio Revised Code - [3701.04.5] 3701.045.Rules for child fatality review boards to follow in conducting reviews; annual report.

[§ 3701.04.5] § 3701.045. Rules for child fatality review boards to follow in conducting reviews; annual report.
 

(A)  The department of health, in consultation with the children's trust fund board established under section 3109.15 of the Revised Code and any bodies acting as child fatality review boards on the effective date of this section, shall adopt rules in accordance with Chapter 119. of the Revised Code that establish a procedure for child fatality review boards to follow in conducting a review of the death of a child. The rules shall do all of the following: 

(1) Establish the format for the annual reports required by section 307.626 [307.62.6] of the Revised Code; 

(2) Establish guidelines for a child fatality review board to follow in compiling statistics for annual reports so that the reports do not contain any information that would permit any person's identity to be ascertained from a report; 

(3) Establish guidelines for a child fatality review board to follow in creating and maintaining the comprehensive database of child deaths required by section 307.623 [307.62.3] of the Revised Code, including provisions establishing uniform record-keeping procedures; 

(4) Establish guidelines, materials, and training to help educate members of child fatality review boards about the purpose of the review process and the confidentiality of the information described in section 307.629 [307.62.9] of the Revised Code and to make them aware that such information is not a public record under section 149.43 of the Revised Code. 

(B)  On or before the thirtieth day of September of each year, the department of health and the children's trust fund board jointly shall prepare and publish a report organizing and setting forth the data in all the reports provided by child fatality review boards in their annual reports for the previous calendar year and recommending any changes to law and policy that might prevent future deaths. The department and the children's trust fund board jointly shall provide a copy of the report to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, the president of the senate, the minority leaders of the house of representatives and the senate, each county or regional child fatality review board, and each county or regional family and children first council. 
 

HISTORY: 148 v H 448. Eff 10-5-2000.