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A “fatal family violence incident” means any fatality that occurred or that is suspected of having occurred in the context of abuse between family members or intimate partners. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall provide technical assistance to the local teams and serve as a clearinghouse for information.B\n\nSubject to available funding, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall provide ongoing surveillance of fatal family violence occurrences and promulgate an annual report based on accumulated data.C\n\nAny county or city, or combination of counties, cities, or counties and cities, may establish a family violence fatality review team to examine fatal family violence incidents and to create a body of information to help prevent future family violence fatalities. The team shall have the authority to review the facts and circumstances of all fatal family violence incidents that occur within its designated geographic area.D\n\nMembership in the team may include, but shall not be limited to, health care professionals, representatives from the local bar, attorneys for the Commonwealth, judges, law-enforcement officials, criminologists, medical examiners appointed pursuant to § 32.1-282, other experts in forensic medicine and pathology, family violence victim advocates, health department professionals, probation and parole professionals, adult and child protective services professionals, and representatives of family violence local coordinating councils.E\n\nEach team shall establish local rules and procedures to govern the review process prior to the first fatal family violence incident review conducted. The review of a death shall be delayed until any criminal investigations or prosecutions connected with the death are completed.F\n\nAll information and records obtained or created regarding the review of a fatality shall be confidential and shall be excluded from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) pursuant to subdivision 7 of § 2.2-3705.5. All such information and records shall be used by the team only in the exercise of its proper purpose and function and shall not be disclosed. Such information or records shall not be subject to subpoena, subpoena duces tecum or discovery or be admissible in any criminal or civil proceeding. If available from other sources, however, such information and records shall not be immune from subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, discovery or introduction into evidence when obtained through such other sources solely because the information and records were presented to the team during a fatality review. No person who participated in the review nor any member of the team shall be required to make any statement as to what transpired during the review or what information was collected during the review. Upon the conclusion of the fatality review, all information and records concerning the victim and the family shall be returned to the originating agency or destroyed. However, the findings of the team may be disclosed or published in statistical or other form which shall not identify individuals. The portions of meetings in which individual cases are discussed by the team shall be closed pursuant to subdivision A 21 of § 2.2-3711. All team members, persons attending closed team meetings, and persons presenting information and records on specific fatalities to the team during closed meetings shall execute a sworn statement to honor the confidentiality of the information, records, discussions, and opinions disclosed during any closed meeting to review a specific death. Violations of this subsection are punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.G\n\nMembers of teams, as well as their agents and employees, shall be immune from civil liability for any act or omission made in connection with participation in a family violence fatality review, unless such act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct. Any organization, institution, or person furnishing information, data, testimony, reports or records to review teams as part of such review, shall be immune from civil liability for any act or omission in furnishing such information, unless such act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct.","order_by":null,"text":{"0":{"id":232626,"text":"The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall develop a model protocol for the development and implementation of local family violence fatality review teams (teams) and such model protocol shall include relevant procedures for conducting reviews of fatal family violence incidents. A “fatal family violence incident” means any fatality that occurred or that is suspected of having occurred in the context of abuse between family members or intimate partners. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall provide technical assistance to the local teams and serve as a clearinghouse for information.","type":"section","prefixes":["A"],"prefix":"A","entire_prefix":"A","prefix_anchor":"A","level":1,"next_prefix":"B"},"1":{"id":232627,"text":"Subject to available funding, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall provide ongoing surveillance of fatal family violence occurrences and promulgate an annual report based on accumulated data.","type":"section","prefixes":["B"],"prefix":"B","entire_prefix":"B","prefix_anchor":"B","level":1,"prior_prefix":"A","next_prefix":"C"},"2":{"id":232628,"text":"Any county or city, or combination of counties, cities, or counties and cities, may establish a family violence fatality review team to examine fatal family violence incidents and to create a body of information to help prevent future family violence fatalities. 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The review of a death shall be delayed until any criminal investigations or prosecutions connected with the death are completed.","type":"section","prefixes":["E"],"prefix":"E","entire_prefix":"E","prefix_anchor":"E","level":1,"prior_prefix":"D","next_prefix":"F"},"5":{"id":232631,"text":"All information and records obtained or created regarding the review of a fatality shall be confidential and shall be excluded from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) pursuant to subdivision 7 of § 2.2-3705.5. All such information and records shall be used by the team only in the exercise of its proper purpose and function and shall not be disclosed. Such information or records shall not be subject to subpoena, subpoena duces tecum or discovery or be admissible in any criminal or civil proceeding. 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All team members, persons attending closed team meetings, and persons presenting information and records on specific fatalities to the team during closed meetings shall execute a sworn statement to honor the confidentiality of the information, records, discussions, and opinions disclosed during any closed meeting to review a specific death. Violations of this subsection are punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor.","type":"section","prefixes":["F"],"prefix":"F","entire_prefix":"F","prefix_anchor":"F","level":1,"prior_prefix":"E","next_prefix":"G"},"6":{"id":232632,"text":"Members of teams, as well as their agents and employees, shall be immune from civil liability for any act or omission made in connection with participation in a family violence fatality review, unless such act or omission was the result of gross negligence or willful misconduct. 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This law was first created in 1999. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapters 849<\/a> and 868<\/a> of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. It has been modified 3 times. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. Those modifications are as follows: in 2014, chapter 583<\/a>; in 2016, chapter 307<\/a>; in 2017, chapter 778<\/a>.<\/p>","references":[{"id":60253,"section_number":"2.2-3705.5","catch_line":"Exclusions to application of chapter; health and social services records","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.5\/"},{"id":72789,"section_number":"2.2-3711","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Closed meetings authorized for certain limited purposes","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3711\/"}],"refers_to":[{"id":55569,"section_number":"2.2-3700","catch_line":"Short title; policy","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3700\/"},{"id":60253,"section_number":"2.2-3705.5","catch_line":"Exclusions to application of chapter; health and social services records","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3705.5\/"},{"id":72789,"section_number":"2.2-3711","catch_line":"(Effective July 1, 2026) Closed meetings authorized for certain limited purposes","order_by":null,"url":"\/2.2-3711\/"},{"id":65973,"section_number":"32.1-282","catch_line":"Medical examiners","order_by":null,"url":"\/32.1-282\/"}],"permalink":{"id":204427,"object_type":"law","relational_id":63867,"identifier":"32.1-283.3","token":"32.1\/8\/1\/32.1-283.3","url":"\/32.1-283.3\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/32.1-283.3\/","token":"32.1\/8\/1\/32.1-283.3","dublin_core":{"Title":"Family violence fatality review teams established; model protocol and data management; membership; authority; confidentiality, etc","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 32.1-283.3","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall develop a model protocol for the development and implementation of local family violence fatality review teams (teams) and such model protocol shall include relevant procedures for conducting reviews of fatal family violence incidents<\/span>. A “fatal family violence incident<\/span>” means any fatality that occurred or that is suspected of having occurred in the context of abuse between family members or intimate partners. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall provide technical assistance to the local teams and serve as a clearinghouse for information. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Subject to available funding, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall provide ongoing surveillance of fatal family violence occurrences and promulgate an annual report based on accumulated data. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Any county or city, or combination of counties, cities, or counties and cities, may establish a family violence fatality review team to examine fatal family violence incidents<\/span> and to create a body of information to help prevent future family violence fatalities. The team shall have the authority to review the facts<\/span> and circumstances of all fatal family violence incidents<\/span> that occur within its designated geographic area. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

D.<\/span> Membership in the team may include, but shall not be limited to, health care professionals, representatives from the local bar, attorneys for the Commonwealth, judges<\/span>, law<\/span>-enforcement officials, criminologists, medical examiners appointed pursuant to § 32.1-282<\/a>, other experts in forensic medicine and pathology, family violence victim advocates, health department<\/span> professionals, probation<\/span> and parole<\/span> professionals, adult and child protective services professionals, and representatives of family violence local coordinating councils. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

E.<\/span> Each team shall establish local rules and procedures to govern the review process prior to the first fatal family violence incident<\/span> review conducted. The review of a death shall be delayed until any criminal investigations or prosecutions<\/span> connected with the death are completed. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

F.<\/span> All information and records obtained or created regarding the review of a fatality shall be confidential and shall be excluded from the Virginia Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700<\/a> et seq.) pursuant to subdivision 7 of § 2.2-3705.5<\/a>. All such information and records shall be used by the team only in the exercise of its proper purpose and function and shall not be disclosed. Such information or records shall not be subject to subpoena, subpoena duces tecum<\/span> or discovery<\/span> or be admissible<\/span> in any criminal or civil proceeding. If available from other sources, however, such information and records shall not be immune from subpoena, subpoena duces tecum<\/span>, discovery<\/span> or introduction into evidence<\/span> when obtained through such other sources solely because the information and records were presented to the team during a fatality review. No person<\/span> who participated in the review nor any member of the team shall be required to make any statement as to what transpired during the review or what information was collected during the review. Upon the conclusion of the fatality review, all information and records concerning the victim and the family shall be returned to the originating agency or destroyed. However, the findings<\/span> of the team may be disclosed or published in statistical or other form which shall not identify individuals. The portions of meetings in which individual cases are discussed by the team shall be closed pursuant to subdivision A 21 of § 2.2-3711<\/a>. All team members, persons<\/span> attending closed team meetings, and persons<\/span> presenting information and records on specific fatalities to the team during closed meetings shall execute a sworn statement to honor the confidentiality of the information, records, discussions, and opinions<\/span> disclosed during any closed meeting to review a specific death. Violations of this subsection are punishable as a Class 3 misdemeanor<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

G.<\/span> Members of teams, as well as their agents and employees, shall be immune from civil liability for any act or omission made in connection with participation in a family violence fatality review, unless such act or omission was the result of gross negligence<\/span> or willful misconduct. Any organization, institution, or person<\/span> furnishing information, data, testimony<\/span>, reports or records to review teams as part of such review, shall be immune from civil liability for any act or omission in furnishing such information, unless such act or omission was the result of gross negligence<\/span> or willful misconduct. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nFAMILY VIOLENCE FATALITY REVIEW TEAMS ESTABLISHED; MODEL PROTOCOL AND DATA\nMANAGEMENT; MEMBERSHIP; AUTHORITY; CONFIDENTIALITY, ETC (\u00a7 32.1-283.3)\n\nA. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall develop a model protocol for\nthe development and implementation of local family violence fatality review\nteams (teams) and such model protocol shall include relevant procedures for\nconducting reviews of fatal family violence incidents. A “fatal family\nviolence incident” means any fatality that occurred or that is suspected\nof having occurred in the context of abuse between family members or intimate\npartners. The Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall provide technical\nassistance to the local teams and serve as a clearinghouse for information.\n\nB. Subject to available funding, the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner shall\nprovide ongoing surveillance of fatal family violence occurrences and promulgate\nan annual report based on accumulated data.\n\nC. Any county or city, or combination of counties, cities, or counties and\ncities, may establish a family violence fatality review team to examine fatal\nfamily violence incidents and to create a body of information to help prevent\nfuture family violence fatalities. The team shall have the authority to review\nthe facts and circumstances of all fatal family violence incidents that occur\nwithin its designated geographic area.\n\nD. Membership in the team may include, but shall not be limited to, health care\nprofessionals, representatives from the local bar, attorneys for the\nCommonwealth, judges, law-enforcement officials, criminologists, medical\nexaminers appointed pursuant to § 32.1-282, other experts in forensic\nmedicine and pathology, family violence victim advocates, health department\nprofessionals, probation and parole professionals, adult and child protective\nservices professionals, and representatives of family violence local\ncoordinating councils.\n\nE. Each team shall establish local rules and procedures to govern the review\nprocess prior to the first fatal family violence incident review conducted. The\nreview of a death shall be delayed until any criminal investigations or\nprosecutions connected with the death are completed.\n\nF. All information and records obtained or created regarding the review of a\nfatality shall be confidential and shall be excluded from the Virginia Freedom\nof Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.) pursuant to subdivision 7 of §\n2.2-3705.5. All such information and records shall be used by the team only in\nthe exercise of its proper purpose and function and shall not be disclosed. Such\ninformation or records shall not be subject to subpoena, subpoena duces tecum or\ndiscovery or be admissible in any criminal or civil proceeding. If available\nfrom other sources, however, such information and records shall not be immune\nfrom subpoena, subpoena duces tecum, discovery or introduction into evidence\nwhen obtained through such other sources solely because the information and\nrecords were presented to the team during a fatality review. No person who\nparticipated in the review nor any member of the team shall be required to make\nany statement as to what transpired during the review or what information was\ncollected during the review. Upon the conclusion of the fatality review, all\ninformation and records concerning the victim and the family shall be returned\nto the originating agency or destroyed. However, the findings of the team may be\ndisclosed or published in statistical or other form which shall not identify\nindividuals. The portions of meetings in which individual cases are discussed by\nthe team shall be closed pursuant to subdivision A 21 of § 2.2-3711. All\nteam members, persons attending closed team meetings, and persons presenting\ninformation and records on specific fatalities to the team during closed\nmeetings shall execute a sworn statement to honor the confidentiality of the\ninformation, records, discussions, and opinions disclosed during any closed\nmeeting to review a specific death. Violations of this subsection are punishable\nas a Class 3 misdemeanor.\n\nG. Members of teams, as well as their agents and employees, shall be immune from\ncivil liability for any act or omission made in connection with participation in\na family violence fatality review, unless such act or omission was the result of\ngross negligence or willful misconduct. Any organization, institution, or person\nfurnishing information, data, testimony, reports or records to review teams as\npart of such review, shall be immune from civil liability for any act or\nomission in furnishing such information, unless such act or omission was the\nresult of gross negligence or willful misconduct.\n\nHISTORY: 1999, cc. 849, 868; 2014, c. 583; 2016, c. 307; 2017, c. 778.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}