50-6-404. Duties of trauma care committee.
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50-6-404 . Duties of trauma care committee. The trauma care committee provided for in 2-15-2216 shall:
(1)provide recommendations and guidance to the department concerning:
(a)trauma care, including suggestions for changes to the statewide trauma care system;
(b)the implementation of a hospital data collection system; and
(c)the design and implementation of a statewide and regional quality improvement system for trauma care that considers the standards recommended by the American college of surgeons and an accrediting entity approved by the U.S. centers for medicare and medicaid services;
(2)assist the department in conducting statewide quality improvement and peer review functions by regularly analyzing the effect of the statewide trauma care system on patient care, morbidity, and mortality; and
(3)provide recommendations to and oversight and coordination of the activities of the regional trauma care advisory committees.