§ 3066 — Powers and duties of the department

§ 3066. Powers and duties of the department. 1. The department shall\ncontinue facilitation, development, and periodic revision of\nappropriateness review standards for emergency medical and trauma care,\nincluding appropriateness review standards for emergency departments and\nservices and trauma centers and stations under article twenty-eight of\nthis chapter, by the state emergency medical advisory committee or the\nstate trauma advisory committee, as appropriate, for adoption by the\nstate hospital review and planning council, subject to approval by the\ncommissioner.\n 2. The department shall continue the categorization of general\nhospitals and other health care facilities for emergency medical care\nand trauma care under article twenty-eight of this chapter, and the\ndesignation of emergency facilities in general hospitals and other\nhealth care facilities, as emergency departments or emergency services\nappropriate for emergency medical care and general hospitals and other\nhealth care facilities as trauma centers or trauma stations appropriate\nfor trauma care, based upon such categorization, after appropriate\non-site verification.\n 3. The department shall continue development and maintenance of\nstatewide and regional quality improvement programs for trauma and\ndisaster care in a manner consistent with the intent and provisions of\nsections twenty-eight hundred five-j, three thousand two-a and three\nthousand four-a of this chapter, incorporating quality improvement\nprograms for all components of the trauma system involved in trauma care\nincluding, but not limited to fully integrated statewide and regionwide\ntrauma registries, and the ways and means to support them.\n 4. The department shall develop and periodically revise a\ncomprehensive emergency medical and trauma care plan with the advice of\nthe state emergency medical services council, the state emergency\nmedical advisory committee and the state trauma advisory committee,\nincorporating injury control programs and ongoing quality assurance\nmeasures for all components of the trauma system involved in trauma\ncare.\n 5. The department shall develop and periodically revise medical and\noperational guidelines for a fully integrated statewide transport\nsystem, with the advice of the state emergency medical services council,\nthe state emergency medical advisory committee and the state trauma\nadvisory committee subject to approval by the commissioner, and shall\ndevelop and maintain a statewide system for coordination of\ninterfacility transfers.\n 6. The department shall develop and periodically revise medical and\noperational guidelines for a fully integrated statewide medical disaster\npreparedness response, with the advice of the state emergency medical\nservices council, the state emergency medical advisory committee, and\nthe state trauma advisory committee, subject to approval by the\ncommissioner, and shall develop and maintain a statewide system for\ncoordination of medical disaster preparedness and trauma system\nplanning.\n 7. The department shall facilitate the coordination and implementation\nof regional emergency medical system, trauma system, and medical\ndisaster preparedness response plans, with the advice of the regional\nemergency medical services councils, the regional emergency medical\nadvisory committees, and the regional trauma advisory committees, and\nshall promote full interoperability of all response and communications\nsystems.\n