(1) Child means a person less than eighteen years of
age.

(2) Family means:

(A) each legal parent;

(B) the natural/biological mother; (C) the natural/biological father;
(D) each parent’s spouse or former spouses;

(E) each sibling or person related by consanguinity or marriage;

(F) each person residing in the same dwelling unit; and

(G) any other person who, or legal entity that, is a child’s legal or physical custodian or guardian, or who is otherwise responsible for the child’s care, other than the authorized agency that assumes such a legal status or relationship with the child, as defined under § 4202, Article 2, Chapter 4, Title 19, Guam Code Annotated.

(3) Council on Child Death Review and Prevention
(CCDRP) means the Council members who are multidisciplinary and multiagency representatives appointed by I Maga’lahen Guåhan [Governor of Guam] and any other entity/representative invited by the Director or the Director’s designated representatives as appropriate for each child death review, to include, at a minimum:

(A) Department of Public Health and Social
Services:
(i) Director, or the Director’s designated representatives;

(ii) Bureau of Family Health and Nursing
Services – Maternal and Child Health;

(iii) Bureau of Social Services
Administration – Child Protective Services; (iv) Emergency Medical Services; and (v) Office of Vital Statistics;
(B) Medical Examiner, or designee;

(C) Department of Mental Health and Substance
Abuse;

(D) Guam Police Department;

(E) Guam Early Learning Council;

(F) Attorney General of Guam, or designee; (G) Guam Memorial Hospital Authority;
(H) Local Pediatrician;

(I) Military Representative;

(J) Parent/Community Stakeholder; and

(K) I Liheslaturan Guåhan (the Guam Legislature) Chairperson of the Committee on Health and Human Services, or designee.

(4) Child death review information means information regarding the child and child’s family, including, but not limited to:

(A) social, medical, and legal histories; (B) death and birth certificates;
(C) law enforcement investigative data;

(D) medical examiner or coroner investigative
data;

(E) parole and probation information and
records;

(F) information and records of social service agencies;

(G) educational records; and

(H) health/mental health care institution information.

(5) Department means the Department of Public
Health and Social Services.

(6) Director means the Director of the Department of Public Health and Social Services, or the Director’s designated representatives.

(7) Provider of medical care means any health/mental health practitioner who provide, or a facility through which is provided, any medical evaluation or treatment, including dental and mental health evaluation or treatment.

(8) Service provider(s) means any practitioner/provider who provides, or a facility through which it is provided, any social and legal services.