Iowa Administrative Code › Agency 641 - Public Health Department › Chapter 134 - Trauma Care Facility Categorization and Verification › Rule 641-134.1 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 3, July 24, 2024
For the purpose of these rules, the following definitions shall
				apply:
"Categorization"
means a preliminary
				determination by the department that a hospital or emergency care facility is
				capable of providing trauma care at Level I, II, III or IV care
				capabilities.
"Certificate of verification"
means a document
				awarded by the department that identifies a hospital or emergency care
				facility's level and term of verification as a trauma care facility.
"Criteria deficiency"
or
"deficiency"
means a failure to meet criteria requirements as
				outlined in paragraph 134.2(3)
"a."
"Department"
means the Iowa department of
				public health.
"Director"
means the director of the Iowa
				department of public health.
"Emergency care facility"
means a physician's
				office, clinic, or other health care center which provides emergency medical
				care in conjunction with other primary care services.
"Emergency medical care provider"
means
				emergency medical care provider as defined in
				641-131.1
				(147A).
"Final report"
means the verification report
				issued by the department following a verification review conducted by trauma
				survey team members and department staff.
"Governing body"
means a group of individuals
				responsible for the governance of a hospital, including but not limited to a
				board of directors or board of trustees.
"Hospital"
means any hospital licensed under
				Iowa Code chapter 135B.
"On-site verification survey"
means an on-site
				survey conducted by the department or survey team members to assess a hospital
				or emergency care facility's ability to meet the level of categorization
				requested.
"Persistently occurring deficiencies"
means
				deficiencies identified in two sequential verification reviews.
"Trauma"
means a single or multisystem
				life-threatening or limb-threatening injury, or an injury requiring immediate
				medical or surgical intervention or treatment to prevent death or permanent
				disability.
"Trauma care facility"
means a hospital or
				emergency care facility which provides trauma care and has been verified by the
				department as having Level I, Level II, Level III or Level IV care capabilities
				and has been issued a certificate of verification pursuant to Iowa Code section
				147A.23(2)
"c."
"Trauma care system"
means an organized
				approach to providing personnel, facilities, and equipment for effective and
				coordinated trauma care.
"Trauma survey team"
means a group of health
				care providers contracted by the department to assist in verifying trauma care
				facilities' compliance with trauma criteria adopted in 134.2(3).
"Type I criteria"
or
"Type I criteria
				deficiency"
indicates criteria requirements that may significantly
				impact a trauma care facility's ability to provide optimal care for trauma
				patients.
"Type II criteria"
or
"Type II
				criteria deficiency"
indicates criteria that are required but have a
				less critical impact on the trauma care facility's ability to provide optimal
				care for trauma patients than Type I criteria.
"Verification"
means a process by which the
				department certifies a trauma care facility's capacity to provide trauma care
				in accordance with criteria established for Level I, Level II, Level III or
				Level IV trauma care facilities and these rules.