NY Pub Health L § 3066 (2021)
2021 New York Laws PBH - Public Health Article 30-B - Emergency Medical, Trauma and Disaster Care 3066 - Powers and Duties of the Department.

§  3066.  Powers and duties of the department. 1. The department shall   continue   facilitation,   development,   and   periodic   revision   of   appropriateness  review standards for emergency medical and trauma care,   including appropriateness review standards for emergency departments and   services and trauma centers and stations under article  twenty-eight  of   this  chapter,  by the state emergency medical advisory committee or the   state trauma advisory committee, as appropriate,  for  adoption  by  the   state  hospital  review and planning council, subject to approval by the   commissioner.2.  The  department  shall  continue  the  categorization  of  general   hospitals  and  other  health care facilities for emergency medical care   and trauma care under article twenty-eight  of  this  chapter,  and  the   designation  of  emergency  facilities  in  general  hospitals and other   health care facilities, as emergency departments or  emergency  services   appropriate  for  emergency medical care and general hospitals and other   health care facilities as trauma centers or trauma stations  appropriate   for  trauma  care,  based  upon  such  categorization, after appropriate   on-site verification.3. The  department  shall  continue  development  and  maintenance  of   statewide  and  regional  quality  improvement  programs  for trauma and   disaster care in a manner consistent with the intent and  provisions  of   sections  twenty-eight  hundred  five-j,  three thousand two-a and three   thousand four-a  of  this  chapter,  incorporating  quality  improvement   programs for all components of the trauma system involved in trauma care   including,  but not limited to fully integrated statewide and regionwide   trauma registries, and the ways and means to support them.4.  The  department  shall   develop   and   periodically   revise   a   comprehensive  emergency medical and trauma care plan with the advice of   the state  emergency  medical  services  council,  the  state  emergency   medical  advisory  committee  and  the  state trauma advisory committee,   incorporating injury control  programs  and  ongoing  quality  assurance   measures  for  all  components  of  the trauma system involved in trauma   care.5. The department shall develop and periodically  revise  medical  and   operational  guidelines  for  a  fully  integrated  statewide  transport   system, with the advice of the state emergency medical services council,   the state emergency medical advisory  committee  and  the  state  trauma   advisory  committee  subject  to approval by the commissioner, and shall   develop  and  maintain  a   statewide   system   for   coordination   of   interfacility transfers.6.  The  department  shall develop and periodically revise medical and   operational guidelines for a fully integrated statewide medical disaster   preparedness response, with the advice of the  state  emergency  medical   services  council,  the  state emergency medical advisory committee, and   the  state  trauma  advisory  committee,  subject  to  approval  by  the   commissioner,  and  shall  develop  and  maintain a statewide system for   coordination  of  medical  disaster  preparedness  and   trauma   system   planning.7. The department shall facilitate the coordination and implementation   of  regional  emergency  medical  system,  trauma  system,  and  medical   disaster preparedness response plans, with the advice  of  the  regional   emergency  medical  services  councils,  the  regional emergency medical   advisory committees, and the regional trauma  advisory  committees,  and   shall  promote  full interoperability of all response and communications   systems.