34-12-54.   Promulgation of rules regarding trauma care system. The department, with input from the Department of Public Safety, shall promulgate rules pursuant to chapter 1-26 to provide for a trauma care system and statewide trauma registry. The rules shall include:

             (1)      Designation of the levels of trauma hospitals and the resources each hospital is required to have concerning personnel, equipment, data collection, and organizational capacity for each level;

             (2)      Prehospital emergency medical services triage and treatment protocols for trauma patients; and

             (3)      Requirements for collection and release of trauma registry data.

Source: SL 2008, ch 168, § 3.

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