Superseded 7/1/2024)

Superseded 7/1/2024
26B-4-112.  Statewide trauma system — Department duties.
     In connection with the statewide trauma system established in Section 26B-4-111, the department shall:

(1)

establish a statewide trauma system plan that: Terms Used In Utah Code 26B-4-112 Emergency medical service providers: means : (a)  licensed ambulance providers and paramedic providers; (b)  a facility or provider that is required to be designated under Subsection 26B-4-117(1)(a); and (c)  emergency medical service personnel. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Oversight: Committee review of the activities of a Federal agency or program. Patient: means an individual who, as the result of illness, injury, or a behavioral emergency condition, meets any of the criteria in Section 26B-4-119. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes a state, district, or territory of the United States. See Utah Code 68-3-12.5 Trauma: means an injury requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 Trauma system: means a single, statewide system that: (a)  organizes and coordinates the delivery of trauma care within defined geographic areas from the time of injury through transport and rehabilitative care; and (b)  is inclusive of all prehospital providers, hospitals, and rehabilitative facilities in delivering care for trauma patients, regardless of severity. See Utah Code 26B-4-101 (a)  identifies statewide trauma care needs, objectives, and priorities; (b)  identifies the equipment, facilities, personnel training, and other things necessary to create and maintain a statewide trauma system; and (c)  organizes and coordinates trauma care within defined geographic areas; (2)  support the statewide trauma system by: (a)  facilitating the coordination of prehospital, acute care, and rehabilitation services and providers through state regulation and oversight; (b)  facilitating the ongoing evaluation and refinement of the statewide trauma system; (c)  providing educational programs; (d)  encouraging cooperation between community organizations, health care facilities, public health officials, emergency medical service providers, and rehabilitation facilities for the development of a statewide trauma system; (e)  implementing a quality assurance program using information from the statewide trauma registry established pursuant to Section 26B-4-113; (f)  establishing trauma center designation requirements in accordance with Section 26B-4-114; and (g)  developing standards so that: (i)  trauma centers are categorized according to their capability to provide care; (ii)  trauma victims are triaged at the initial point of patient contact; and (iii)  trauma patients are sent to appropriate health care facilities. Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session   Previous section Next section    Part 1 Contents