Establishment of program for treatment of trauma; designation of hospital as center for treatment of trauma.
1. The State Board of Health shall establish a program for treating persons who require treatment for trauma and for transporting and admitting such persons to centers for the treatment of trauma. The program must provide for the development, operation and maintenance of a system of communication to be used in transporting such persons to the appropriate centers.
2. The State Board of Health shall adopt regulations which establish the standards for the designation of hospitals as centers for the treatment of trauma. The State Board of Health shall consider the standards adopted by the American College of Surgeons for a center for the treatment of trauma as a guide for such regulations. The Administrator of the Health Division shall not approve a proposal to designate a hospital as a center for the treatment of trauma unless the hospital meets the standards.
3. Upon approval by the Administrator of the Health Division of a proposal to designate a hospital as a center for the treatment of trauma, he shall issue written approval which designates the hospital as such a center. As a condition of continuing designation the hospital must comply with the following requirements:
(a) The hospital must admit any injured person who requires medical care.
(b) Any physician who provides treatment for trauma must be qualified to provide that treatment.
(c) The hospital must maintain the standards specified in the regulations adopted pursuant to subsection 2.
Last modified: February 26, 2006