The team and liaisons shall maintain the confidentiality of all
information and records used in the review and analysis of child deaths,
including disclosure of information which is confidential under Iowa Code
chapter 22 or any other provisions of state law. No information on individual
deaths contained in the records described in this rule shall be disclosed
except for the purposes of the team, committee or subcommittee meeting, and no
confidential information received in preparation for or during the course of
such meeting shall be removed from the meeting room except for further review
as authorized by the team chairperson.
In preparation for review of an individual death by the team or
its authorized committee or subcommittee, the chairperson of the team or the
chairperson's designee is authorized to gather all information pertinent to the
review. This information may include, but is not limited to, hospital records,
physician's records, school records, day-care records, autopsy records, child
abuse registry, investigation or assessment records, state public assistance
records, traffic records, public safety records, law enforcement records, fire
marshal's records, birth records, death records, and other relevant records
necessary to conduct a complete review.
A person in possession or control of medical, investigative or
other information pertaining to a child death and child abuse review shall
allow the inspection and reproduction of the information by the department upon
the request of the department, to be used only in the administration and for
the duties of the Iowa child death review team. Information and records which
are confidential under Iowa Code section 22.7and chapter 235A, and information
or records received from the confidential records, remain confidential under
this rule. A person does not incur legal liability by reason of releasing
information to the department as required under and in compliance with this
rule.
