[Part XXXVII.]  domestic violence fatality
review



 



[§321‑471]  Definitions.  As used
in this part:



"Dating relationship" as used in this
section has the same meaning prescribed in section 586-1.



"Department" means the department of
health.



"Director" means the director of
health or the director's designated representative.



"Domestic violence" means physical
harm, bodily injury, assault, or the threat of imminent physical harm, bodily
injury, or assault, extreme psychological abuse or malicious property damage
between family or household members.



"Domestic violence fatality review
information" means information regarding a victim, including but not
limited to:



(1)  Social, medical, and legal history;



(2)  Death and birth certificates;



(3)  Law enforcement investigative information and
data;



(4)  Medical examiner or coroner investigative
information and data;



(5)  Parole and probation information and records;



(6)  Information and records of social services
agencies;



(7)  Educational records; and



(8)  Health care institution information.



"Domestic violence fatality review
team" means those individuals appointed by the director to review domestic
violence fatalities.



"Extreme psychological abuse" as used
in this section has the same meaning prescribed in section 586-1.



"Family or household members" as used
in this section means:



(1)  Each legal parent;



(2)  The natural mother;



(3)  The natural father;



(4)  Each natural or adopted child;



(5)  Each sibling or person related by consanguinity;



(6)  Spouses or former spouses;



(7)  Reciprocal beneficiaries or former reciprocal
beneficiaries;



(8)  Each person who has or has had a dating
relationship;



(9)  Each person jointly residing or formerly residing
in the same dwelling unit; and



(10)  Any other person who, or legal entity that, is a
victim's legal or physical custodian or guardian, or who is otherwise
responsible for the victim's care, other than an authorized agency that assumes
such a legal status or relationship with the victim under chapter 587.



"Malicious property damage" as used
in this section has the same meaning prescribed in section 586-1.



"Preventable death" means a death
that reasonable medical, social, legal, psychological, or educational
intervention may have prevented.



"Provider of medical care" means any
health care practitioner who provides, or a facility through which is provided,
any medical evaluation or treatment, including dental and mental health
evaluation or treatment.



"Suspect" means a person suspected of
having caused a victim's death.



"Victim" means an adult whose death
is suspected of having been caused by domestic violence or domestic
violence-related suicide. [L 2006, c 82, pt of §1]