1. (a) General Information.

   1. (1) All data should be transmitted at least quarterly; monthly electronic data submissions are recommended.
   2. (2) EMS providers shall submit data to the Registry within three months of the date of call for assistance.
   3. (3) EMS providers must complete and submit a No Reportable Data (NRD) Form to the Registry within ninety days of any given month with no runs.

2. (b) Data Elements and Methods.

   1. (1) All runs, as defined in the Texas EMS/Trauma Registry EMS Data Dictionary, must be submitted electronically to the department's online EMS/Trauma Registry System.
   2. (2) NRD Form--If an EMS provider does not have any monthly electronic records to transmit because the EMS provider did not receive any calls for assistance, the EMS provider must submit to the Registry, within ninety days, a completed electronic form, prescribed by the department, stating that it did not have any runs to report for that month.

3. (c) Third-party Services.

   1. (1) An EMS provider may use the services of a business associate to transmit an electronic data file to the department.
   2. (2) Any third-party service used by an entity reporting under this rule may be a business associate upon conclusion of a business associate agreement between the EMS provider and the third-party service.

Source Note:The provisions of this §103.5 adopted to be effective December 16, 2007, 32 TexReg 9130.