Criteria For Child Fatality Review

• Sudden unexplained death, age less than one year
• Unexplained/undetermined manner of death, age greater than one year
• Children's Division history of the decedent or other persons in the residence
• Decedent in Children's Division custody
• Possible inadequate supervision
• Possible malnutrition or delay in seeking medical care
• Possible suicide
• Possible inflicted injury
• Firearm injury
• Injury not witnessed by person in charge at time of injury
• Confinement (i.e. refrigerator)
• Suspicious/criminal activity
• Drowning
• Suffocation or strangulation
• Poisoning/chemical/drug ingestion
• Severe unexplained injury
• Pedestrian/bicycle/driveway injury
• Motor vehicle injury
• Suspected sexual assault
• Fire injury
• Autopsy by certified child death pathologist
• Panel discretion
• Other suspicious findings (injuries such as electrocution, crush, or fall)