§ 63-1-2530.5 — Recognition of geographic regions with functioning

Oklahoma § 63-1-2530.5

• Jurisdiction: Oklahoma
• Title 63: Public Health And Safety

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trauma system - Regional trauma advisory boards - Funding. A. Each geographic region identified in the statewide trauma systems plan that has a functioning trauma system shall be recognized by the State Department of Health. B. Licensed hospitals and ambulance service providers in these regions shall establish a regional trauma advisory board to represent the region and conduct continuous quality improvement activities of the system for the region. Licensed hospitals and ambulance service providers in the region shall designate regional trauma advisory board members. Regional trauma advisory board members shall consist of individuals who provide trauma services in the regional system, or individuals employed by licensed hospitals or ambulance service providers in the region. The maximum number of board members for any region shall be twenty. C. As funds are available, regional trauma advisory boards may receive funding from the Department to support their administrative and continuous quality improvement activities. D. 1. Meetings of regional trauma advisory boards and their subcommittees conducted to review patient-specific care for the purpose of conducting continuous quality improvement activities of the system for the region to include but not be limited to trauma, stroke and ST-Elevated Myocardial Infarction (STEMI), shall not be subject to the provisions of the Oklahoma Open Meeting Act. 2. The proceedings and records of the meetings referenced in paragraph 1 of this subsection to include patient care records, reports and other related materials generated for the purposes of conducting continuous quality improvement activities of the system for the region and to include but not be limited to trauma, stroke and STEMI, shall be confidential and not subject to the Oklahoma Open Records Act, or disclosure by subpoena or otherwise. 3. The proceedings and records of the meetings referenced in paragraph 1 of this subsection may be used by the regional trauma advisory boards and the State Commissioner of Health in the exercise of proper quality review functions to improve trauma patient care.

Legislative History

Added by Laws 2004, c. 459, § 6, emerg. eff. June 4, 2004. Amended by Laws 2013, c. 229, § 71, eff. Nov. 1, 2013; Laws 2019, c. 393, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.