2019 Oregon Revised Statutes
Volume : 12 - Public Health
Chapter 431A - Public Health Programs and Activities
Section 431A.070 - Area trauma advisory boards; duties; members.
(1)(a) Area trauma advisory boards shall meet as often as necessary to:
(A) Identify specific trauma area needs and problems; and
(B) Propose to the Oregon Health Authority area trauma system plans and changes that meet state standards and objectives.
(b) The authority, acting with the advice of the State Trauma Advisory Board established under ORS 431A.055, has the authority to implement plans and changes proposed under paragraph (a) of this subsection.
(2) In concurrence with the Governor, the authority shall select members for each trauma area from lists submitted by local associations of emergency medical services providers, emergency nurses, emergency physicians, surgeons, hospital administrators, emergency medical services agencies and citizens at large. The members of an area trauma advisory board must be broadly representative of the trauma area as a whole. An area trauma advisory board must consist of at least 16 members and must include:
(a) Two surgeons;
(b) Two physicians serving as emergency physicians;
(c) Two hospital administrators from different hospitals;
(d) Two nurses serving as emergency nurses;
(e) Two emergency medical services providers serving different emergency medical services;
(f) One emergency medical services medical director;
(g) Two representatives of the public at large selected from among those submitting letters of application in response to public notice by the authority;
(h) One representative of any bordering state that is included within the patient referral area;
(i) One ambulance service owner or operator or both; and
(j) One representative from a public safety answering point.
(3) Members of an area trauma advisory board described in subsection (2)(g) of this section may not have an economic interest in health care services provided in the trauma area for which the area trauma advisory board makes proposals under subsection (1)(a)(B) of this section. [Formerly 431.613; 2017 c.101 §29; 2019 c.456 §26]
