7 AAC 26.720 - Qualifications for certification
(a) An applicant
for certification as a level I trauma center or specialty trauma referral
center must
(1) provide to the department
evidence that the trauma center has received a certificate of verification as a
level I trauma center from the Committee on Trauma, American College of
Surgeons;
(2) participate in the
statewide trauma registry administered by the department and provide data to
the department as required under
7
AAC 26.745; and
(3) be designated by the department based on
7
AAC 26.715.
(b) An applicant for certification as a level
II trauma center or regional trauma center must
(1) provide to the department evidence that
the trauma center has received a certificate of verification as a level II
trauma center from the Committee on Trauma, American College of
Surgeons;
(2) participate in the
statewide trauma registry administered by the department and provide data to
the department as required under
7
AAC 26.745; and
(3) be designated by the department based on
7
AAC 26.715.
(c) An applicant for certification as a level
III trauma center or area trauma center must
(1) provide to the department evidence that
the trauma center has received a certificate of verification as a level III
trauma center by the Committee on Trauma, American College of
Surgeons;
(2) participate in the
statewide trauma registry administered by the department and provide data to
the department as required under
7
AAC 26.745; and
(3) be designated by the department based on
7
AAC 26.715.
(d) An applicant for certification as a level
IV trauma center or local trauma stabilization center must
(1) provide to the department evidence that
the trauma center has received verification that the trauma center meets the
criteria listed for level IV trauma centers by the state trauma system review
committee tinder
AS
18.23.070(5)(A), contained
in Level IV/V Trauma Center Applicants. Essential or Desirable
Resources/Services Available, revised as of October 12. 2017 and adopted by
reference;
(2) agree for the
department to conduct a site visit to verify that relevant criteria have been
met, if the department notifies the trauma center that a site visit is
necessary;
(3) participate in the
statewide trauma registry administered by the department and provide data as
required under 7 A AC 26.745; and
(4) be designated by the department based on
7
AAC 26.715.
(e) An applicant for certification as a level
I or II trauma center with pediatric commitment shall
(1) provide evidence to the department that
the trauma center has received a certificate of verification for pediatric
trauma care from the Committee on Trauma, American College of
Surgeons;
(2) participate in the
statewide trauma registry administered by the department and provide data to
the department as required under
7
AAC 26.745; and
(3) be designated by the department based on
7
AAC 26.715.
(f) An applicant for certification as a level
V trauma center or local trauma stabilization clinic must
(1) provide evidence to the department that
the clinic has received verification that the clinic has met the criteria
listed for level V trauma centers by the state trauma system review committee
under AS
18.23.070(5)(A), contained
in Level IV/VTrauma Center Applicants, Essential or Desirable
Resources/Services Available, adopted by reference in (d) of this
section;
(2) agree for the
department to conduct a site visit to verify that relevant criteria have been
met if the department notifies the clinic that a site visit is necessary;
and
(3) be designated by the
department based on
7
AAC 26.715.
Notes
The Level IV/V Trauma Center Applicants, Essential or Desirable Resources/Services Available, adopted by reference in 7 AAC 26.720, may be obtained from the Rural and Community Health Systems Section, Division of Public Health, Department of Health and Social Services, 3601 C Street. Suite 424, Anchorage AK 99503.
Authority:AS 18.08.010
AS 18.08.080
AS 18.08.082
AS 18.08.084
AS 18.23.070
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