§ 16-31-2-9.5 — Commission duties concerning adoption of stroke protocol and stroke assessment tool; compilation of hospital list; certified hospital provision of information; advertisement

Indiana § 16-31-2-9.5

• Jurisdiction: Indiana
• Title 16: HEALTH
• Art. 31: EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES
• Ch. 2: Indiana Emergency Medical Services Commission

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5. (a) Before July 1, 2018, the commission
shall do the following:
(1) Adopt rules under IC 4-22-2 concerning protocols for the
identification, transport, and treatment of stroke patients by
personnel providing emergency medical services. The rules must
include standards for stroke triage and transport protocols to be
implemented by regional and local emergency medical services
entities and programs to promote the efficiency and quality of
care for stroke patients based on evidence based science and
nationally recognized guidelines.
(2) Adopt and distribute a nationally recognized stroke
assessment tool to personnel providing emergency medical
services.
(b) Before July 1, 2018, the state department shall do the following:
(1) Compile and maintain a list of Indiana hospitals that are
certified as a comprehensive stroke center, a primary stroke
center, or an acute stroke ready hospital by one (1) of the
following:
(A) The American Heart Association.
(B) The Joint Commission.
(C) DNV GL.
(D) The Healthcare Facilities Accreditation Program.
(E) A nationally recognized organization that provides:
(i) comprehensive stroke center hospital certification;
(ii) primary stroke center hospital certification; or
(iii) acute stroke ready hospital certification;
for stroke care and that has been approved by the commission.
(2) Compile and maintain a list of Indiana network participating
hospitals that have a written agreement to transfer a stroke patient
to a certified primary stroke center, certified comprehensive
stroke center, or certified acute stroke ready hospital for stroke
treatment therapies that the network participating hospital is not
capable of providing.
(c) A hospital that is certified under subsection (b)(1) shall:
(1) provide the state department with the certification
information, including a copy of the actual certification and the
date the certification is set to expire; and
(2) notify the state department not more than forty-eight (48)
hours after the hospital's certification has been suspended,
revoked, or lowered in the stroke care status level.
(d) A hospital that is an Indiana network participating hospital under
subsection (b)(2) must provide the state department with a copy of the
written transfer agreement.
(e) A health care facility may not advertise that the facility is a
certified comprehensive stroke center, a primary stroke center, or an
acute stroke ready hospital, unless the facility has been certified by an
entity set forth in subsection (b)(1). A health care facility that violates
this subsection is subject to the penalties set forth in IC 16-21-5.
(f) The commission and the state department shall enter into a
memorandum of understanding to share information to implement this
section.

Legislative History

As added by P.L.138-2017, SEC.1.