New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 3A - CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
Chapter 4 - DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES CHILD FATALITY AND NEAR FATALITY REVIEW BOARD
Subchapter 3 - FULL REVIEW
Section 3A:4-3.3 - Local or regional community-based teams
Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 3A:4-3.3
Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 18, September 16, 2024
(a) The Board may establish local or regional community-based teams to complete the review of fatalities or near fatalities among children identified by the Board.
(b) If the Board chooses to establish local or regional community-based teams, each team will be formed with a dual function to review information regarding:
1. The fatality and
near fatality of any child whose family, currently, or within the last 12 months,
was receiving services from the Division and of any child fatality where information
available to the Board indicates that child abuse or neglect may have been a
contributing factor; and
2. Other child
fatalities due to unusual circumstances.
(c) The Board may choose to establish more than two local or regional community-based teams.
(d) Each local or regional community-based team shall include, at a minimum:
1. A person
experienced in prosecution;
2. A person
experienced in local law enforcement investigation;
3. A medical examiner;
4. A public health advocate;
5. A physician, preferably a pediatrician;
and
6. A casework supervisor from a
Division local office.
(e) The local or regional community-based teams shall continue to function at the discretion of the Board.
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