2015 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:2171 - Definitions

LA Rev Stat § 40:2171 (2015) What's This?

PART VI. TRAUMA CENTERS

§2171. Definitions

As used in this Part:

(1) "Department" means the Department of Health and Hospitals.

(2) "Trauma case" means any injured person who has been evaluated by prehospital personnel according to policies and procedures established by the Department of Health and Hospitals and who has been found to require transportation to a trauma center.

(3) "Trauma center" means a health care facility which is capable of treating one or more types of potentially seriously injured persons and which has been certified as a trauma center by the Department of Health and Hospitals.

Acts 1987, No. 358, §1.

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