Utah § 2d-303 - Department duties.

Effective 7/1/2024
53-2d-303.  Department duties.
     In connection with the statewide trauma system established in Section 53-2d-301, the bureau shall:

(1)

establish a statewide trauma system plan that: (a) identifies statewide trauma care needs, objectives, and priorities; (b) identifies the equipment, facilities, personnel training, and other things necessary to create and maintain a statewide trauma system; and (c) organizes and coordinates trauma care within defined geographic areas;

(2)

support the statewide trauma system by: (a) facilitating the coordination of prehospital, acute care, and rehabilitation services and providers through state regulation and oversight; (b) facilitating the ongoing evaluation and refinement of the statewide trauma system; (c) providing educational programs; (d) 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; (e) implementing a quality assurance program using information from the statewide trauma registry established pursuant to Section 53-2d-304; (f) establishing trauma center designation requirements in accordance with Section 53-2d-305; and (g) developing standards so that: (i) trauma centers are categorized according to their capability to provide care; (ii) trauma victims are triaged at the initial point of patient contact; and (iii) trauma patients are sent to appropriate health care facilities.

Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 307, 2023 General Session
Renumbered and Amended by Chapter 310, 2023 General Session