(210 ILCS 50/3.95) Sec. 3.95. Level I Trauma Center minimum standards. 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 |
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(b) the types of surgical services the trauma center
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| 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;
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(c) the types of nonsurgical services the trauma
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| center must have available for trauma patients;
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(d) the numbers and qualifications of emergency
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(e) the types of equipment that must be available to
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(f) requiring the trauma center to be affiliated with
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(g) requiring the trauma center to have a
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| 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;
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(h) the types of data the trauma center must collect
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| 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;
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(i) requiring the trauma center to have helicopter
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| 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
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(j) requiring written agreements with Level II Trauma
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| 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.
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(Source: P.A. 103-1013, eff. 8-9-24.)
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