The Department shall establish, through rules adopted pursuant to this Act, standards for Level I Trauma Centers which shall include, but need not be limited to:

1. (a) the designation by the trauma center of a Trauma Center Medical Director and specification of his qualifications;
2. (b) the types of surgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients, including but not limited to a twenty-four hour in-house surgeon with operating privileges and ancillary staff necessary for immediate surgical intervention;
3. (c) the types of nonsurgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients;
4. (d) the numbers and qualifications of emergency medical personnel;
5. (e) the types of equipment that must be available to trauma patients;
6. (f) requiring the trauma center to be affiliated with an EMS System;
7. (g) requiring the trauma center to have a communications system that is fully integrated with all Level II Trauma Centers, Level III Trauma Centers, Acute Injury Stabilization Centers, and EMS Systems with which it is affiliated;
8. (h) the types of data the trauma center must collect and submit to the Department relating to the trauma services it provides. Such data may include information on post-trauma care directly related to the initial traumatic injury provided to trauma patients until their discharge from the facility and information on discharge plans;
9. (i) requiring the trauma center to have helicopter landing capabilities approved by appropriate State and federal authorities, if the trauma center is located within a municipality having a population of less than two million people; and
10. (j) requiring written agreements with Level II Trauma Centers, Level III Trauma Centers, and Acute Injury Stabilization Centers in the EMS Regions it serves, executed within a reasonable time designated by the Department.

(Source: P.A. 103-1013, eff. 8-9-24.)