211.341 Statewide system for heart attack response and treatment -- Care levels
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and standards.
(1)The department shall establish and implement a plan for achieving continuous
quality improvement in the quality of care provided under a statewide system for
heart attack response and treatment by designating licensed hospitals as:
(a)Level I Comprehensive Cardiac Center;
(b)Level II Primary Heart Attack Center; or
(c)Level III Acute Heart Attack Ready.
(2)A hospital may apply to the department in order to be recognized as Level I
Comprehensive Cardiac Center, Level II Primary Heart Attack Center, or Level III
Acute Heart Attack Ready hospital. If a hospital applies for recognition, it shall
demonstrate, to the satisfaction of the department, that the hospital meets the
applicable criteria set forth in KRS 211.340 to 211.343.
(a)A Level I Comprehensive Cardiac Center is a hospital that is certified as a
Comprehensive Cardiac Center hospital by any certifying body which is a
nationally recognized guidelines-based organization that provides
comprehensive cardiac center certification for heart attack care. Each hospital
shall maintain an active certification.
(b)The department shall recognize any hospital as a Level I Comprehensive
Cardiac Center if it meets the criteria established in this subsection.
(a)A Level II Primary Heart Attack Center is a hospital that is certified as a
Primary Heart Attack Center by any certifying body which is a nationally
recognized guidelines-based organization that provides primary heart attack
center certification for heart attack care. Each hospital shall maintain an active
certification.
(b)The department shall recognize any hospital as a Level II Primary Heart
Attack Center if it meets the criteria established in this subsection.
(a)A Level III Acute Heart Attack Ready hospital is a hospital that is certified as
Acute Heart Attack Ready by any certifying body which is a nationally
recognized guidelines-based organization that provides acute heart attack
ready certification for heart attack care. Each hospital shall maintain an active
certification.
(b)The department shall recognize any hospital as a Level III Acute Heart Attack
Center if it meets the criteria established in this subsection.
(6)Level I Comprehensive Cardiac Centers, Level II Primary Heart Attack Centers, and
Level III Acute Heart Attack Ready hospitals are encouraged to coordinate, through
a coordinating heart attack care agreement, within their service area to provide
appropriate access to care for acute heart attack patients. A coordinating heart attack
care agreement shall be in writing and include at a minimum:
(a)Transfer protocols for the transport and acceptance of heart attack patients for
treatment therapies which the transferring facility is not capable of providing;
and
(b)Communication criteria and protocols that include but are not limited to
telemedicine systems.
(7)The department may suspend or revoke a hospital's designation as Level I
Comprehensive Cardiac Center, Level II Primary Heart Attack Center, or Level III
Acute Heart Attack Ready if the department determines that the hospital is not in
compliance with the requirements of KRS 211.340 to 211.343.