Sec. 3.95. Level I Trauma Center minimum standards.

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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, Level III Trauma Centers, Acute Injury Stabilization 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, Level III Trauma Centers,

and Acute Injury Stabilization Centers in the EMS Regions it serves, executed within a reasonable time designated by the Department.