Texas Health And Safety Code § 773.114 System Requirements

Sec. 773.114. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS. (a) Each emergency medical services and trauma care system must have:

(1) local or regional medical control for all field care and transportation, consistent with geographic and current communications capability;

(2) triage, transport, and transfer protocols; and

(3) one or more hospitals categorized according to trauma care capabilities using standards adopted by department rule.

(b) This subchapter does not prohibit a health care facility from providing services that it is authorized to provide under a license issued to the facility by the department.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 267, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Redesignated from Health & Safety Code Sec. 773.084 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Amended by:

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1557, eff. April 2, 2015.

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