1. (1) Responsibility to affiliate with one RTAC.

   1. (a) All ambulance service providers and emergency medical responder services shall select one regional trauma advisory council for primary membership by July 30, 2005.
   2. (b) Notwithstanding par. (a), an emergency medical services practitioner, emergency medical responder, or ambulance service provider may participate in any regional trauma advisory council.
   3. (c) An ambulance service provider or emergency medical responder service shall notify the department if the service changes membership in an RTAC.

2. (2) Effect of non-participation. The department and the pertinent RTAC may not recognize as a trauma system participant an ambulance service provider that does not participate in the activities of its chosen RTAC pursuant to sub. (1) (a), or submit data to the department under s. DHS 118.09 (3).

   Note: Pursuant to s. DHS 110.34 (11), an ambulance service provider must specify in its operational plan the name of the regional trauma advisory council that it has chosen for its primary membership.

History

History: CR 04-055: cr. Register December 2004 No. 588, eff. 1-1-05; CR 23-046: am. (1) Register April 2024 No. 820, eff. 5-1-24.