Illinois § 3.95 Level I Trauma Center minimum standards

Illinois Statutes

§ 3.95 — Level I Trauma Center minimum standards

Illinois § 3.95

TopicREGULATION

Ch. 210HEALTH FACILITIES AND REGULATION

Act 210 ILCS 50/Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.

This text of Illinois § 3.95 (Level I Trauma Center minimum standards) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Illinois primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.

Bluebook

210 Ill. Comp. Stat. 3.95 (2026).

Text

The Department shall establish, through rules adopted pursuant to this Act, standards for Level I Trauma Centers which shall include, but need not be limited to:

(a)the designation by the trauma center of a Trauma Center Medical Director and specification of his qualifications;

(b)the types of surgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients, including but not limited to a twenty-four hour in-house surgeon with operating privileges and ancillary staff necessary for immediate surgical intervention;

(c)the types of nonsurgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients;

(d)the numbers and qualifications of emergency medical personnel;

(e)the types of equipment that must be available to trauma patients;

(f)requiring the trauma center to

Free access — add to your briefcase to read the full text and ask questions with AI

The Department shall establish, through rules adopted pursuant to this Act, standards for Level I Trauma Centers which shall include, but need not be limited to: (a) the designation by the trauma center of a Trauma Center Medical Director and specification of his qualifications; (b) the types of surgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients, including but not limited to a twenty-four hour in-house surgeon with operating privileges and ancillary staff necessary for immediate surgical intervention; (c) the types of nonsurgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients; (d) the numbers and qualifications of emergency medical personnel; (e) the types of equipment that must be available to trauma patients; (f) requiring the trauma center to be affiliated with an EMS System; (g) requiring the trauma center to have a communications system that is fully integrated with all Level II Trauma Centers, Level III Trauma Centers, Acute Injury Stabilization Centers, and EMS Systems with which it is affiliated; (h) the types of data the trauma center must collect and submit to the Department relating to the trauma services it provides. Such data may include information on post-trauma care directly related to the initial traumatic injury provided to trauma patients until their discharge from the facility and information on discharge plans; (i) requiring the trauma center to have helicopter landing capabilities approved by appropriate State and federal authorities, if the trauma center is located within a municipality having a population of less than two million people; and (j) requiring written agreements with Level II Trauma Centers, Level III Trauma Centers, and Acute Injury Stabilization Centers in the EMS Regions it serves, executed within a reasonable time designated by the Department.