N.Y. Public Health Law § 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.