§ 1553. Duties

(a) The Panel, in collaboration with the Commissioner of Health or designee, shall conduct comprehensive, multidisciplinary reviews of maternal mortality in Vermont.

(b) Each member of the Panel shall be responsible for disseminating Panel recommendations to his or her respective institution and professional organization, as applicable. All such information shall be disseminated through the institution’s or organization’s quality assurance program in order to protect the confidentiality of all participants and patients involved in any incident.

(c) [Repealed.]

(d) The Panel shall not:

(1) call witnesses or take testimony from any individual involved in the investigation of a maternal death;

(2) enforce any public health standard or criminal law or otherwise participate in any legal proceeding, except to the extent that a member of the Panel is involved in the investigation of a maternal death or resulting prosecution and must participate in a legal proceeding in the course of performing his or her duties outside the Panel. (Added 2011, No. 35, § 2, eff. May 18, 2011; amended 2015, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 11.)