Section 1200-15-04-.04 - REVIEW PROCEDURES(1) Upon receipt of a report of a maternal mortality, staff may conduct interviews and request information and records from health care providers, law enforcement, medical examiners, employers or other individuals or entities believed to have information about the decedent and the circumstances surrounding the decedent's death, including, but not limited to, records related to any individual, entity or object whose history is determined by the Team to be germane to the death to be reviewed.(2) Individuals and entities who receive requests for records shall comply within fifteen (15) calendar days. In the event that records are not forthcoming, the Commissioner may seek enforcement as provided by law.(3) Staff shall have authority to request records related to a particular case at any time until the review of that case has been completed by the Team.(4) The State Team shall meet at least two (2) times per year to review cases of maternal mortality. State Team members may participate via webinar or conference call. Meetings will be closed to the public.(5) Upon completion of a review, all copies of records related to that case will be collected from Team members and destroyed.(6) Upon completion of a review, staff shall prepare a narrative summary of the case and shall enter data from the case into a secure database.(7) A review shall be deemed completed at such time as it is entered into the annual report of the State Team.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1200-15-04-.04
Original rules filed May 8, 2017; effective August 6, 2017. Amendments filed April 4, 2023; effective 7/3/2023.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-202, 68-1-103, and 68-3-601, et seq.