1. The director or other authorized representative of an agency which provides child welfare services:
(a) May provisionally appoint and organize one or more multidisciplinary teams to review the death of a child;
(b) Shall submit names to the Executive Committee to Review the Death of Children established pursuant to NRS 432B.409 for review and approval of persons whom the director or other authorized representative recommends for appointment to a multidisciplinary team to review the death of a child; and
(c) Shall organize one or more multidisciplinary teams to review the death of a child under any of the following circumstances:
(1) Upon receiving a written request from an adult related to the child within the third degree of consanguinity, if the request is received by the agency within 1 year after the date of death of the child;
(2) If the child dies while in the custody of or involved with an agency which provides child welfare services, or if the child’s family previously received services from such an agency;
(3) If the death is alleged to be from abuse or neglect of the child;
(4) If a sibling, household member or day care provider has been the subject of a child abuse and neglect investigation within the previous 12 months, including, without limitation, cases in which the report was unsubstantiated or the investigation is currently pending;
(5) If the child was adopted through an agency which provides child welfare services; or
(6) If the child died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome.
2. A review conducted pursuant to subparagraph (2) of paragraph (c) of subsection 1 must occur within 3 months after the issuance of a certificate of death.
(Added to NRS by 1993, 2051; A 2001 Special Session, 47; 2003, 864; 2007, 1508)