(a) The board shall promulgate rules establishing a procedure for recognizing hospitals that have stroke-related designations.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 68-11-2102

  • Board: means the board for licensing health care facilities. See Tennessee Code 68-11-2101
  • Capable of providing neuroendovascular treatment: means the capacity to:
    (A) Properly assess, diagnose using advanced imaging devices, and treat stroke patients with complex cases of ischemic stroke, including emergent large vessel occlusion causing the loss of blood supply to a part of the brain and requiring immediate treatment at a facility with a trained team of neurointerventional surgeons, vascular neurologists, and assisting medical personnel. See Tennessee Code 68-11-2101
  • Stroke-related designation: means a designation including, but not limited to, a comprehensive stroke center, primary stroke center, acute stroke-ready hospital, or other stroke-related designation approved by rule by the board in consultation with the emergency medical services board. See Tennessee Code 68-11-2101
(b) The board shall recognize a stroke-related designation for a hospital if the hospital has an active certification as a comprehensive stroke center, primary stroke center, or acute stroke-ready hospital from a department-approved nationally recognized certifying body or a corresponding certification from a department-approved nationally recognized certifying body recognizing the hospital as capable of providing neuroendovascular treatment. The hospital must maintain such certification in order to maintain recognition of its stroke-related designation.
(c) If a hospital does not comply with the procedure established by the board, then the board shall remove any reference to the facility’s stroke-related designation from the board’s website along with any materials demonstrating the facility’s stroke-related designation.
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