North Dakota Administrative Code › Title 33 - State Department of Health › Article 33-38 - State Trauma System › Chapter 33-38-01 - Trauma System Regulation › Section 33-38-01-06 - Trauma center designation

Current through Supplement No. 393, July, 2024
1. Five
				levels of hospital designation must be established.
2. Hospitals applying for level I, level II,
				or level III designation shall present evidence of having current trauma center
				verification from the American college of surgeons. The department shall issue
				designation with an expiration date consistent with the American college of
				surgeons verification expiration date.
3. Hospitals applying for level IV and level
				V trauma center designation must submit an application to the department. Once
				the application is approved by the department, an onsite verification visit
				shall be conducted by the department or its designee. The verification team
				shall compile a report. The application and report will be reviewed by the
				state trauma committee. If approved, the department shall issue the designation
				for up to three years to the facility.
4. Hospitals without trauma center
				designation or currently designated as a level IV or level V trauma center
				planning to apply for a level I, level II, or level III trauma center
				designation may apply for a provisional designation by submitting an
				application to the department. Once the application is approved by the
				department, an onsite visit shall be conducted by a team designated by the
				state trauma committee. The team shall compile a report. The application and
				report will be reviewed by the state trauma committee. If approved, the
				department shall issue a provisional designation for a maximum of twenty-four
				months. During these twenty-four months, the facility must complete an American
				college of surgeons verification visit.
5. Provisional trauma center designations for
				level I, level II, or level III trauma centers may be issued by the department
				to hospitals with deficiencies identified by the American college of surgeons
				and that are partially compliant with the trauma center standards. Hospitals
				must submit a plan of correction within one month after notification for
				deficiencies that are identified by the verification team. The plan of
				correction will be reviewed by the state trauma committee. If approved, the
				department may issue a provisional designation to the hospital for up to
				eighteen months or until another American college of surgeons verification
				visit is completed.
6. Provisional
				trauma center designations for level IV and level V trauma centers may be
				issued by the department to hospitals with deficiencies identified by the site
				survey team and reviewed by the state trauma committee and are partially
				compliant with the trauma center standards. Hospitals must submit a plan of
				correction within one month after notification for deficiencies that are
				identified by the site survey team. The plan of correction will be reviewed by
				the state trauma committee. If approved, the department may issue a provisional
				designation for up to twelve months to the hospital or until another state
				designation visit is completed.
7.
				The health council, in establishing a comprehensive trauma system, may
				designate an out-of-state hospital as a trauma center within fifty miles of any
				border of North Dakota.
General Authority: NDCC 23-01.2-01
Law Implemented: NDCC
					 23-01.2-01