New Mexico Administrative Code › Title 7 - HEALTH › Chapter 4 - DISEASE CONTROL (EPIDEMIOLOGY) › Part 5 - MATERNAL, FETAL, INFANT AND CHILD DEATH REVIEW › Section 7.4.5.10 - MEMBERSHIP

Current through Register Vol. 35, No. 13, July 16, 2024
The members of maternal mortality review team, the fetal and
				  Infant mortality review team and child fatality review team will be state or
				  local experts in their field and appointed by the department. Members are
				  selected to achieve a culturally diverse, multidisciplinary team that may
				  include but is not limited to representatives of the following disciplines:
				  medicine and selected subspecialties, nursing, nurse-midwifery, forensic
				  medicine, mental health, social work, specialists in child abuse and neglect,
				  public health epidemiology, law enforcement, the judiciary, prosecution,
				  traffic safety, education, child advocacy, grief intervention and support,
				  domestic violence, health education, survivor or parent support groups.
				  Membership will include representation from federal (military and Indian),
				  state and local entities. Membership is voluntary and team members or special
				  panel members shall not be remunerated by the department.
A. State level teams are organized for MMR,
				FIMR and CFR and are responsible for initial and/or final review of all cases,
				aggregate analysis of statewide data, and the identification and preparation of
				reports or other documents to address statewide and or local systems
				improvements, prevention, and risk reduction factors. State level teams are
				responsible for training, support and consultation to community level
				teams.
B. Community level teams
				shall be organized with training and support of state level teams, and shall
				abide by state level regulations, protocols and policies. The formation of
				community level teams shall be contingent upon available resources including
				consultation by specialists in appropriate disciplines. The purpose of a
				community team is to bring case review to the local level where identification
				of problems and development of interventions for systems improvements, risk
				reduction or prevention can take place
C. Special panels: Special ad hoc panels may
				be organized in response to any identified profile or cluster of fatalities
				that are identified by a team and the department, the OMI, or other appropriate
				entities as approved by the executive committee.
D. Maternal mortality review: The
				organizational membership of MMR shall seek to include, but not be limited to,
				representatives of the New Mexico section of ACOG; the New Mexico academy of
				family practice; the New Mexico hospital and health service association; the
				New Mexico association for women's health, obstetrics, and neonatal nursing;
				the New Mexico department of health, public health division; the New Mexico
				chapter of the American college of nurse midwives; the New Mexico vital records
				and health statistics entity; the Indian health service; the New Mexico office
				of the medical investigator; tertiary center perinatologists (institutions
				designated as level III neonatal intensive care unit); and community
				obstetricians and family practitioners.
E. Fetal and infant mortality review: The
				organizational membership of FIMR shall seek to include but not be limited to
				representatives from New Mexico units of the American academy of family
				physicians; the American academy of pediatrics; the American anthropological
				association; ACOG; the American college of nurse midwives; the New Mexico
				hospital and health service association; the MCH Title V entity of the
				department; the New Mexico vital records and health statistics entity; the
				association of state and territorial health officials; the college of American
				pathologists; the march of dimes birth defects foundation; the association for
				women's health, obstetric and neonatal nurses; and the society of perinatal
				obstetricians.
F. Child fatality
				review: The membership of CFR shall seek to include but not be limited to
				representatives of the following organizations and interest areas: law
				enforcement; prosecution; the medical and mental health communities; tribal
				governments; tribal social service agencies; military bases; a domestic
				violence program; a grief intervention program; the New Mexico traffic safety
				bureau; the New Mexico sudden infant death syndrome program; a child advocacy
				group; the unit responsible for the investigation and prevention of child abuse
				and neglect in CYFD; public health epidemiology, the New Mexico vital records
				and health statistics entity; the MCH Title V entity in the department; a
				representative from OMI; a representative of the New Mexico not even one
				project, and a representative from the public school system.