Alabama Administrative Code › Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH › Chapter 420-2-3 - ALABAMA STATEWIDE HEALTH SYSTEM FOR STROKE › Section 420-2-3-.01 - General

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 9, June 28, 2024
(1) Definitions.
(a) "Alabama Trauma Communications Center
			 (ATCC)" - A central communication facility with the capability to constantly
			 communicate with all pre-hospital providers and hospitals that have been
			 designated by the Department as trauma/stroke/cardiac centers. The ATCC's
			 capabilities include the ability to immediately and directly link the
			 pre-hospital providers to these centers.
(b) "Board" - The Board of Health of the
			 State of Alabama as defined by §
									22-2-1,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
, or the State Health Officer, or his or her designee, when
			 acting for the Board.
(c) "Council"
			 - The Statewide Trauma and Health Care Center Advisory Council.
(d) "Department" - The Alabama Department of
			 Public Health.
(e) "Designated
			 Stroke Center" - A hospital that has met all the standards for stroke center
			 designation as set out in these rules and that has been certified by the
			 Department.
(f) "Designation" - A
			 formal determination by the Department that a hospital is capable of providing
			 designated stroke care.
(g)
			 "Emergency Medical Service Personnel (EMSP)" -All recognized National Highway
			 Traffic Safety Administration levels of personnel licensed by the Board, who
			 have met all primary and/or renewal educational requirements of the emergency
			 medical services (EMS) rules, and are allowed to provide medical care within
			 the level of their scope of practice granted by the Office of Emergency Medical
			 Services (OEMS).
(h) "Hospital" - A
			 health institution planned, organized, and maintained for offering to the
			 public, facilities and beds for use in the diagnosis and treatment of patients
			 requiring in-patient medical care, out-patient medical care, or other care
			 performed by or under the supervision of physicians due to illness, disease,
			 injury, deformity, abnormality, or pregnancy.
(i) "Hospital Stroke Patient" - A hospital
			 patient who meets stroke system entry criteria and is entered into the stroke
			 system by calling the ATCC and obtaining a unique identification
			 number.
(j) "Pre-Hospital Stroke
			 Patient" - A pre-hospital patient who meets stroke system entry criteria and is
			 entered into the stroke system by calling the ATCC and obtaining a unique
			 identification number.
(k) "Quality
			 Assurance/Quality Improvement (QA/QI)" -The process to document and foster
			 continuous improvement in performances and the quality of patient care. In
			 addition, it assists the Department in defining standards, evaluating
			 methodologies, and utilizing evaluation results from continued system
			 improvement. Materials prepared during the QA/QI process are confidential and
			 privileged as provided in Sections
			 6-5-333,
			 22-21-8, and
			 34-24-58,
Code of Ala.
			 1975
.
(l) "Regional
			 Agency" - A contractor located in a specific geographic area of the state that
			 provides services specified in a contract. These agencies have no regulatory
			 authority other than that conferred by the OEMS.
(m) "Regional Councils" - The regional
			 advisory councils.
(n) "Regions" -
			 The stroke care regions.
(o)
			 "Registry" - The Statewide Stroke Registry.