(1) Each trauma center shall participate in the National Trauma Data Bank, and the department shall solely use the National Trauma Data Bank for quality and assessment purposes.
(2) Each trauma center and acute care hospital shall report to the department all transfers of trauma patients and the outcomes for such patients.
(3) Each trauma center and acute care hospital shall report to the department’s brain and spinal cord injury central registry, consistent with the procedures and timeframes of s. 381.74, any person who has a moderate-to-severe brain or spinal cord injury, and shall include in the report the name, age, residence, and type of disability of the individual and any additional information that the department finds necessary.
History.—s. 7, ch. 87-399; s. 3, ch. 88-186; s. 1, ch. 88-303; s. 10, ch. 90-344; ss. 41, 98, ch. 92-289; s. 3, ch. 94-324; s. 4, ch. 95-387; s. 28, ch. 95-398; s. 219, ch. 96-406; s. 16, ch. 2000-153; s. 21, ch. 2002-22; s. 25, ch. 2004-350; s. 59, ch. 2005-2; s. 9, ch. 2018-66.
1Note.—Section 14, ch. 2018-66, provides that “[i]f the provisions of this act relating to s. 395.4025(16), Florida Statutes, are held to be invalid or inoperative for any reason, the remaining provisions of this act shall be deemed to be void and of no effect, it being the legislative intent that this act as a whole would not have been adopted had any provision of the act not been included.”
Note.—Former s. 395.035.
Structure Florida Statutes
Chapter 395 - Hospital Licensing and Regulation
Part II - Trauma (Ss. 395.40-395.51)
395.40 - Legislative findings and intent.
395.4015 - State regional trauma planning; trauma regions.
395.402 - Trauma service areas; number and location of trauma centers.
395.4025 - Trauma centers; selection; quality assurance; records.
395.403 - Reimbursement of trauma centers.
395.404 - Reporting of trauma data; report to National Trauma Data Bank.
395.50 - Quality assurance activities of trauma agencies.
395.51 - Confidentiality and quality assurance activities of trauma agencies.