Iowa Code 147A.24 – Trauma system advisory council established
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1. A trauma system advisory council is established. The following organizations or officials may recommend a representative to the council:
a. American academy of pediatrics.
b. American college of emergency physicians, Iowa chapter.
c. American college of surgeons, Iowa chapter.
d. Department of public health.
e. Governor’s traffic safety bureau.
f. Iowa academy of family physicians.
g. Iowa emergency medical services association.
h. Iowa emergency nurses association.
i. Iowa hospital association representing rural hospitals.
j. Iowa hospital association representing urban hospitals.
k. Iowa medical society.
l. Iowa osteopathic medical society.
m. Iowa physician assistant society.
n. Iowa society of anesthesiologists.
o. Orthopedic system advisory council of the American academy of orthopedic surgeons, Iowa representative.
p. Rehabilitation services delivery representative.
q. Iowa’s Medicare quality improvement organization.
r. State medical examiner.
s. Trauma nurse coordinator representing a trauma registry hospital.
t. University of Iowa, injury prevention research center.
Terms Used In Iowa Code 147A.24
- Categorization: means a preliminary determination by the department that a hospital or emergency care facility is capable of providing trauma care in accordance with criteria adopted pursuant to chapter 17A for level I, II, III, and IV care capabilities. See Iowa Code 147A.21
- Department: means the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 147A.1
- Director: means the director of the Iowa department of public health. See Iowa Code 147A.1
- Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
- Emergency care facility: means a physician's office, clinic, or other health care center which provides emergency medical care in conjunction with other primary care services. See Iowa Code 147A.21
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute mean the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Hospital: means a facility licensed under chapter 135B, or a comparable emergency care facility located and licensed in another state. See Iowa Code 147A.21
- Physician: means an individual licensed under chapter 148. See Iowa Code 147A.1
- Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
- State: means a state, territory, or possession of the United States, the District of Columbia, or the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. See Iowa Code 152E.3
- Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
- Trauma: means a single or multisystem life-threatening or limb-threatening injury, or an injury requiring immediate medical or surgical intervention or treatment to prevent death or permanent disability. See Iowa Code 147A.21
- Trauma care system: means an organized approach to providing personnel, facilities, and equipment for effective and coordinated trauma care. See Iowa Code 147A.21
- United States: includes all the states. See Iowa Code 4.1
- Verification: means a formal process by which the department certifies a hospital or emergency care facility's capacity to provide trauma care in accordance with criteria established for level I, II, III, and IV trauma care facilities. See Iowa Code 147A.21
2. The council shall consist of seven members to be appointed by the director from the recommendations of the organizations in subsection 1 for terms of two years. Vacancies on the council shall be filled for the remainder of the term of the original appointment. Members whose terms expire may be reappointed.
3. The voting members of the council shall elect a chairperson and a vice chairperson and other officers as the council deems necessary. The officers shall serve until their successors are elected and qualified.
4. The council shall do all of the following:
a. Advise the department on issues and strategies to achieve optimal trauma care delivery throughout the state.
b. Assist the department in the implementation of an Iowa trauma care plan.
c. Develop criteria for the categorization of all hospitals and emergency care facilities according to their trauma care capabilities. These categories shall be for levels I, II, III, and IV, based on the most current guidelines published by the American college of surgeons committee on trauma, the American college of emergency physicians, and the model trauma care plan of the United States department of health and human services’ health resources and services administration.
d. Develop a process for the verification of the trauma care capacity of each facility and the issuance of a certificate of verification.
e. Develop standards for medical direction, trauma care, triage and transfer protocols, and trauma registries.
f. Promote public information and education activities for injury prevention.
g. Review the rules adopted under this subchapter and make recommendations to the director for changes to further promote optimal trauma care.
h. Develop, implement, and conduct trauma care system evaluation, quality assessment, and quality improvement.
5. Proceedings, records, and reports developed pursuant to this section constitute peer review records under section 147.135, and are not subject to discovery by subpoena or admissible as evidence. All information and documents received from a hospital or emergency care facility under this subchapter shall be confidential pursuant to section 272C.6, subsection 4.