§ 557.2. Duties of death review team (Adm. Code § 2129)
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 71 P.S. State GovernmentEffective: December 5, 2022
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 71 P.S. State Government
Part I. The Administrative Codes and Related Provisions
Chapter 2. The Administrative Code of 1929 (Refs & Annos)
Article XXI. Powers and Duties of the Department of Health and Its Departmental Administrative and Advisory Boards (Refs & Annos)
(b) Death Review Teams
Effective: December 5, 2022
71 P.S. § 557.2
§ 557.2. Duties of death review team (Adm. Code § 2129)
(3) Establish policies and procedures for collecting and reviewing available information and records under section 21311 regarding the deceased individual from State, county and local agencies, law enforcement and private entities.
(7) Recommend improvements in sources of information relating to investigating reported overdose or suicide deaths, including standards for the uniform and consistent reporting of overdose or suicide deaths by law enforcement or other emergency service responders within the death review team's jurisdiction.
(b) Interviews.--If a death review team opts to contact a family member or caregiver of a deceased individual to conduct an interview, the death review team shall develop protocols for initiating the contact and conducting the interview. The protocols shall be based on trauma-informed care principles and shall address all of the following:
(c) Annual report.--A death review team shall prepare and submit to the department an annual report. The team shall publish the annual report on the local department of health's or local government's publicly accessible Internet website for the purpose of evaluations, policy considerations and health care program enhancements. The annual report shall comply with confidentiality requirements under this subarticle and shall include all of the following information:
(4) Recommendations to improve sources of information regarding the investigation of reported suicides and overdose deaths, including standards for the uniform and consistent reporting of fatal suicides and overdoses by law enforcement or other emergency service responders within the death review team's jurisdiction.
Credits
2022, Nov. 3, P.L. 1654, No. 101, § 3, effective in 30 days [Dec. 5, 2022].
Footnotes
71 P.S. § 557.4.
71 P.S. § 557.2, PA ST 71 P.S. § 557.2
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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