2006 Utah Code - 26-8a-252 — Department duties.

     26-8a-252.   Department duties.
     In connection with the statewide trauma system established in Section 26-8a-250, the department shall:
     (1) establish a statewide trauma system plan that:
     (a) identifies statewide trauma care needs, objectives, and priorities;
     (b) identifies the equipment, facilities, personnel training, and other things necessary to create and maintain a statewide trauma system; and
     (c) organizes and coordinates trauma care within defined geographic areas;
     (2) support the statewide trauma system by:
     (a) facilitating the coordination of prehospital, acute care, and rehabilitation services and providers through state regulation and oversight;
     (b) facilitating the ongoing evaluation and refinement of the statewide trauma system;
     (c) providing educational programs;
     (d) encouraging cooperation between community organizations, health care facilities, public health officials, emergency medical service providers, and rehabilitation facilities for the development of a statewide trauma system;
     (e) implementing a quality assurance program using information from the statewide trauma registry established pursuant to Section 26-8a-253;
     (f) establishing trauma center designation requirements in accordance with Section 26-8a-254; and
     (g) developing standards so that:
     (i) trauma centers are categorized according to their capability to provide care;
     (ii) trauma victims are triaged at the initial point of patient contact; and
     (iii) trauma patients are sent to appropriate health care facilities.

Enacted by Chapter 305, 2000 General Session