Level I Trauma Center minimum standards

210 ILCS 50/3.95, under Emergency Medical Services (EMS) Systems Act.

210 ILCS 50/3.95

(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     Center Medical Director and specification of his qualifications;        (b) the types of surgical services the trauma center     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;        (c) the types of nonsurgical services the trauma     center must have available for trauma patients;        (d) the numbers and qualifications of emergency     medical personnel;        (e) the types of equipment that must be available to     trauma patients;        (f) requiring the trauma center to be affiliated with     an EMS System;        (g) requiring the trauma center to have a     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;        (h) the types of data the trauma center must collect     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;        (i) requiring the trauma center to have helicopter     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        (j) requiring written agreements with Level II Trauma     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.(Source: P.A. 103-1013, eff. 8-9-24.)