[Part XXXVII.]  domestic violence fatalityreview

 

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

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

"Department" means the department ofhealth.

"Director" means the director ofhealth or the director's designated representative.

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

"Domestic violence fatality reviewinformation" means information regarding a victim, including but notlimited to:

(1)  Social, medical, and legal history;

(2)  Death and birth certificates;

(3)  Law enforcement investigative information anddata;

(4)  Medical examiner or coroner investigativeinformation and data;

(5)  Parole and probation information and records;

(6)  Information and records of social servicesagencies;

(7)  Educational records; and

(8)  Health care institution information.

"Domestic violence fatality reviewteam" means those individuals appointed by the director to review domesticviolence fatalities.

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

"Family or household members" as usedin 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 reciprocalbeneficiaries;

(8)  Each person who has or has had a datingrelationship;

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

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

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

"Preventable death" means a deaththat reasonable medical, social, legal, psychological, or educationalintervention may have prevented.

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

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

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