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relevant family members of a deceased person.__The purpose of | the voluntary interview is limited to gathering information or | data for the purposes of the panel in summary or abstract form | without family names or patient identifiers.__A person who | conducts interviews under this paragraph must meet the | qualifications for panel coordinator and also have | professional experience or training in bereavement services.__ | A person conducting an interview under this paragraph may make | a referral for bereavement counseling. |
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| E.__The panel coordinator shall prepare a summary or | abstract of relevant information regarding the deceased | person, as determined to be useful to the panel, but without | the name or identifier of the deceased person, and shall | present the summary or abstract to the panel. |
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| | 5.__Duties and powers of panel.__The panel has the following | duties and powers. |
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| A.__The panel shall conduct comprehensive multidisciplinary | reviews of data presented by the panel coordinator. |
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| B.__The panel shall present an annual report to the | department and to the joint standing committee of the | Legislature having jurisdiction over health and human | services matters.__The report must identify factors | contributing to maternal and infant death in the State, | determine the strengths and weaknesses of the current | maternal and infant health care delivery system and make | recommendations to the department to decrease the rate of | maternal and infant death. |
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| The panel shall offer a copy of the annual report to the | parent or parents or other authorized representative of the | deceased person that granted permission to the panel | coordinator for a voluntary interview under subsection 4, | paragraph C. |
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| C.__The panel shall share the results of its data reviews | and recommendations with the child death and serious injury | review panel established pursuant to section 4004, | subsection 1, paragraph E.__The maternal and infant death | review panel may request and review data from the child | death and serious injury review panel, regardless of any | prior work by the child death and serious injury review | panel. |
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| | 6.__Limitations.__The panel coordinator may not proceed with | reviews of medical records or voluntary interviews without the |
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