Texas Health And Safety Code Title 8, Chapter 672 - Adult Fatality Review And Investigation

• Texas Section 672.001 - Definitions
  In this chapter: (1) "Abuse" means: (A) the negligent or wilful infliction of injury, unreasonable confinement, intimidation, or cruel punishment with resulting emotional or physical...
• Texas Section 672.002 - Establishment Of Review Team
  (a) A multidisciplinary and multiagency unexpected fatality review team may be established for a county to conduct reviews of unexpected deaths that occur within the...
• Texas Section 672.003 - Purpose And Powers Of Review Team
  (a) The purpose of a review team is to decrease the incidence of preventable adult deaths by: (1) promoting cooperation, communication, and coordination among agencies...
• Texas Section 672.004 - Duties Of Presiding Officer
  The presiding officer of a review team may: (1) send notices to the review team members of a meeting to review a fatality involving suspected...
• Texas Section 672.005 - Review Procedure
  (a) The review team of the county in which the event that was the cause of the unexpected death occurred, as stated on the death...
• Texas Section 672.006 - Access To Information
  (a) A review team may request information and records regarding adult deaths resulting from suicide, family violence, or abuse as necessary to carry out the...
• Texas Section 672.007 - Meeting Of Review Team
  (a) A meeting of a review team is closed to the public and not subject to the open meetings law, Chapter 551, Government Code. (b)...
• Texas Section 672.008 - Report
  (a) Not later than December 15 of each even-numbered year, each review team shall submit to the Department of Family and Protective Services a report...
• Texas Section 672.009 - Use Of Information And Records; Confidentiality
  (a) Information and records acquired by a review team in the exercise of its purpose and duties under this chapter are confidential and exempt from...
• Texas Section 672.010 - Civil Liability For Disclosure Of Information
  Subject to the limits described in Section 101.023(b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code, a team organized pursuant to this chapter, or any member thereof, may...
• Texas Section 672.011 - Governmental Unit
  Subject to Section 672.010, a review team established under this chapter is a local governmental unit for purposes of Chapter 101, Civil Practice and Remedies...
• Texas Section 672.012 - Report Of Unexpected Fatality
  (a) A person, including a health care provider, who knows of the death of an adult that resulted from, or that occurred under circumstances indicating...
• Texas Section 672.013 - Procedure In The Event Of Reportable Death
  (a) A medical examiner or justice of the peace notified of a death under Section 672.012 may hold an inquest under Chapter 49, Code of...

Last modified: September 28, 2016