53-2d-303. Department duties.
In connection with the statewide trauma system established in Section, the bureau shall:
(1) establish a statewide trauma system plan that: identifies statewide trauma care needs, objectives, and priorities; identifies the equipment, facilities, personnel training, and other things necessary to create and maintain a statewide trauma system; and organizes and coordinates trauma care within defined geographic areas;
(2) support the statewide trauma system by: facilitating the coordination of prehospital, acute care, and rehabilitation services and providers through state regulation and oversight; facilitating the ongoing evaluation and refinement of the statewide trauma system; providing educational programs; encouraging cooperation between community organizations, health care facilities, public health officials, emergency medical service providers, and rehabilitation facilities for the development of a statewide trauma system; implementing a quality assurance program using information from the statewide trauma registry established pursuant to Section; 53-2d-304 establishing trauma center designation requirements in accordance with Section; and 53-2d-305 developing standards so that: trauma centers are categorized according to their capability to provide care; trauma victims are triaged at the initial point of patient contact; and trauma patients are sent to appropriate health care facilities.