§ 41-111-1. Child death review panel created; purpose; panel membership; annual report; contents of report

There is created the Child Death Review Panel, whose primary purpose is to foster the reduction of infant and child mortality and morbidity in Mississippi and to improve the health status of infants and children. The Child Death Review Panel shall be composed of seventeen (17) voting members: the State Medical Examiner or his representative, […]

§ 41-111-3. Mandatory reporting of child fatality or near fatality; mandatory reporters; reporting procedure and contents; confidentiality of reports; reporter immunity; penalties

Mandatory reporters: All law enforcement officers, firefighters, child protection service employees, medical care personnel, doctors, nurses, medical examiners, coroners, health care providers, and all agents and employees of the State Medical Examiner’s office, and any other persons who are designated as mandatory reporters under Section 43-21-353(1) who have knowledge or information concerning a “child fatality” […]