(210 ILCS 50/3.95)
Sec. 3.95. Level I Trauma Center Minimum Standards. The Department shall establish, through rules adopted pursuant to this Act, standards for Level I Trauma Centers which shall include, but need not be limited to:
(a) The designation by the trauma center of a Trauma Center Medical Director and specification of his qualifications;
(b) The types of surgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients, including but not limited to a twenty-four hour in-house surgeon with operating privileges and ancillary staff necessary for immediate surgical intervention;
(c) The types of nonsurgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients;
(d) The numbers and qualifications of emergency medical personnel;
(e) The types of equipment that must be available to trauma patients;
(f) Requiring the trauma center to be affiliated with an EMS System;
(g) Requiring the trauma center to have a communications system that is fully integrated with all Level II Trauma Centers and EMS Systems with which it is affiliated;
(h) The types of data the trauma center must collect and submit to the Department relating to the trauma services it provides. Such data may include information on post-trauma care directly related to the initial traumatic injury provided to trauma patients until their discharge from the facility and information on discharge plans;
(i) Requiring the trauma center to have helicopter landing capabilities approved by appropriate State and federal authorities, if the trauma center is located within a municipality having a population of less than two million people; and
(j) Requiring written agreements with Level II Trauma Centers in the EMS Regions it serves, executed within a reasonable time designated by the Department.
(Source: P.A. 89-177, eff. 7-19-95.)
Sections: Previous 3.70 3.75 3.80 3.85 3.86 3.87 3.90 3.95 3.100 3.105 3.110 3.115 3.116 3.117 3.117.5 Next
Last modified: February 18, 2015