ยง 3065. Regional trauma advisory committees. 1. There are hereby
continued or established in the department regional trauma advisory
committees in each geographic area of the state. They shall consist of
trauma surgeons, trauma nurses, emergency physicians, emergency nurses,
and other emergency and trauma care professionals from trauma centers,
emergency departments, and emergency services designated by the
department within each region. They shall be representative of the
communities and health care facilities within the region and those
medical and nursing specialties and subspecialities regularly involved
in trauma care. They shall advise the state trauma advisory committee,
the department, and the commissioner regarding trauma and disaster care
within each region, and assist the state trauma advisory committee, the
department, and the commissioner with the coordination of trauma and
disaster care within each region, including, but not limited to, the
implementation of statewide quality improvement guidelines for trauma
and disaster care, trauma systems, trauma centers, and trauma stations
within each region, in a manner consistent with the intent and
provisions of sections twenty-eight hundred five-j and three thousand
four-a of this chapter. The state trauma advisory committee shall
authorize the bylaws of each regional trauma advisory committee, subject
to approval by the commissioner.
2. The regional trauma advisory committees shall continue to meet as
frequently as their business may require. The members of the regional
trauma advisory committees shall receive no compensation for their
services as members.
3. The department shall determine the ways and means necessary to
assist the regional trauma advisory committees in performing the duties
specified under this section, and may contract with regional trauma
program agencies to provide such assistance.
4. In no event shall any member, officer, or employee of the state
trauma advisory committee be liable for damages in any civil action for
any act done, failure to act, or statement of opinion made, while
discharging his or her duties as a member, officer, or employee of the
regional trauma advisory committee if he or she shall have acted in good
faith, with reasonable care.