MIEMSS shall:

1. A. Maintain the State trauma registry to collect and analyze data including, but not limited to, data concerning the incidence, severity, and causes of trauma and burns;
2. B. Establish criteria to identify patients to be included in the State trauma registry;

3. C. Collect data about patients to be included in the State trauma registry from:

   1. (1) EMS providers;

   2. (2) Hospitals, both designated and nondesignated including, but not limited to:

      1. (a) The primary adult resource center;
      2. (b) Level I trauma centers;
      3. (c) Level II trauma centers;
      4. (d) Level III trauma centers; and
      5. (e) Maryland Trauma Specialty Referral Centers as defined in Health-General Article, §19-130(a)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland;
   3. (3) Office of Medical Examiner reports; and

   4. (4) Other sources outside of the trauma and specialty care systems including, but not limited to:

      1. (a) Death certificates,
      2. (b) Hospital inpatient discharge data,
      3. (c) Health care provider and third-party payer billing data, and
      4. (d) Law enforcement agency records;
4. D. Require hospitals to have a case specific patient identifier common to all data sources used in the State trauma registry; and
5. E. Establish procedures and specifications for electronic and hard copy submission of data.

Authority: Education Article, §13-509, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: March 24, 1997 (24:6 Md. R. 488)

Regulations .01—.04 amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 932)

Regulation .01 amended effective June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)

Regulation .02D amended effective June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)

Regulation .03E adopted effective December 15, 2003 (30:24 Md. R. 1746)

Regulation .05 amended effective June 4, 2007 (34:11 Md. R. 972)

Regulation .06 amended effective July 1, 2002 (29:12 Md. R. 932); December 19, 2005 (32:25 Md. R. 1947)