§ 20-27-1704 - Duties. - Arkansas Statutes

20-27-1704. Duties.

The Arkansas Child Death Review Panel may:

(1) Establish local and regional review panels and delegate some or all of its responsibilities under this subchapter;

(2) Analyze data available from state agencies or other agencies that may decrease unexpected deaths of children;

(3) Collect, review, and analyze all death investigation reports prepared under this subchapter and other appropriate information to prepare reports for the General Assembly concerning the causes of unexpected deaths of children and methods to decrease those deaths;

(4) Identify trends relevant to unexpected deaths of children;

(5) Educate the citizens of Arkansas regarding the incidence and causes of injury to and death of children and of the public's role to assist in reducing this risk;

(6) Establish training criteria for county coroners; and

(7) Determine the information to be included in a child death investigation report and provide this information to county coroners, medical providers, and other agencies to be used in preparing a death investigation report.