2006 Nebraska Revised Statutes - § 71-8240 — Department; duties; timeline.

Section 71-8240
Department; duties; timeline.

The department shall establish the following on a statewide basis:

(1) By February 1998, trauma system objectives and priorities;

(2) By March 1998, minimum trauma standards for facilities, equipment, and personnel for advanced, basic, comprehensive, and general level trauma centers and specialty level burn or pediatric trauma centers;

(3) By March 1998, minimum standards for facilities, equipment, and personnel for advanced, basic, and general level rehabilitation centers;

(4) By April 1998, minimum trauma standards for the development of facility patient care protocols;

(5) By April 1998, trauma care regions as provided for in section 71-8250;

(6) By September 1998, recommendations for an effective trauma transportation system;

(7) By September 1998, the minimum number of hospitals and health care facilities in the state and within each trauma care region that may provide designated trauma care services based upon approved regional trauma plans;

(8) By September 1998, the minimum number of prehospital or out-of-hospital care providers in the state and within each trauma care region that may provide trauma care services based upon approved regional trauma plans;

(9) By September 1998, a format for submission of the regional trauma plans to the department;

(10) By December 1998, a program for emergency medical services and trauma care research and development;

(11) By December 1998, review and approve regional trauma plans;

(12) By January 2000, the initial designation of hospitals and health care facilities to provide designated trauma care services in accordance with needs identified in the approved regional trauma plan;

(13) By April 2000, the trauma implementation plan incorporating the regional trauma plans; and

(14) On or before January 1, 2002, all emergency medical services when responding to a trauma call shall have access to an on-line medical controller, which could be the physician medical director, available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.

Source:

Laws 1997, LB 626, § 40

~Reissue Revised Statutes of Nebraska