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§ 1150.6. Child maltreatment medical review

Oklahoma Statutes AnnotatedTitle 10. ChildrenEffective: July 1, 2019

Oklahoma Statutes Annotated
Title 10. Children (Refs & Annos)
Chapter 51. Delinquent, Dependent and Disabled Children
Article I. Dependent and Delinquent Children
Child Death Review Board Act
Effective: July 1, 2019
10 Okl.St.Ann. § 1150.6
§ 1150.6. Child maltreatment medical review
A. Beginning November 1, 2019, and subject to the availability of funds, the Director of the Bureau of Vital Statistics shall, within seventy-two (72) hours of receipt of notice of any child death, forward the name, date of birth, date of death and other identifying information about the child who has died to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth. The Commission shall submit the information for a child maltreatment medical review to a child abuse examiner or a child abuse pediatrician in the state.
B. The findings of the child maltreatment medical review shall be reported to the Oklahoma Commission on Children and Youth, the Department of Human Services, the law enforcement agency and the child advocacy center or child abuse multidisciplinary team where the suspected maltreatment occurred and the Child Death Review Board. The findings of the child maltreatment medical review shall be considered prior to closing an investigation or assessment conducted by the Department of Human Services related to the child death.
C. Subject to the availability of funds, the Commission may provide stipends to child abuse examiners who perform child maltreatment medical reviews and report their findings pursuant to this section.
D. As used in this section, “child maltreatment medical review” means a review of information by a child abuse examiner about suspected child maltreatment with the intent to determine if maltreatment occurred. The review of information may include, but is not limited to, information obtained from law enforcement agencies, the Department of Human Services, medical records, forensic interviews and other relevant information.

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Laws 2019, c. 199, § 2, eff. July 1, 2019.
10 Okl. St. Ann. § 1150.6, OK ST T. 10 § 1150.6
Current with emergency effective legislation through Chapter 277 of the Second Regular Session of the 59th Legislature (2024). Some sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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