# COMAR Title 10 — Maryland Department of Health

## Subtitle 11 — Maternal and Child Health

### Chapter 05 — Child Death Review Case Reporting System

#### Regulation .03 Definitions.

*COMAR 10.11.05.03*

A. In this chapter, the following terms have the meanings indicated.

B. Terms Defined.

  (1) “Child death review (CDR) case reporting system” means a national standardized, web-based reporting system for the confidential collection, analysis, aggregation, and reporting of child death data that is maintained and operated by a national center for child death review (NCCDR).

  (2) “Data use agreement” means a contract between the Department and a NCCDR that establishes the terms and conditions for the State and local CFR teams' participation in a child death review case reporting system.

  (3) “Department” means the Maryland Department of Health.

  (4) “Local child fatality review (CFR) team” means a multidisciplinary and multiagency review team established by a county under Health-General Article, §5-705, Annotated Code of Maryland.

  (5) “National center for child death review (NCCDR)” means a public, private, nonprofit, or governmental organization or entity that is:

    (a) Funded or otherwise recognized by the United States Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS); and

    (b) Responsible for:

      (i) Developing a CDR case reporting system;

      (ii) Training and serving as a liaison to State agencies participating in the system; and

      (iii) Disseminating national child death review data generated by the system.

  (6) “State Child Fatality Review (CFR) Team” means the State-level multidisciplinary and multiagency review team established under Health-General Article, §5-702, Annotated Code of Maryland.