Trauma Agency Formation Requirements, Trauma Agency Plan Approval and Denial Process, Trauma Agency Implementation and Operation Requirements

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Division of Emergency Medical Operations

RULE NO: RULE TITLE
64J-2.007: Trauma Agency Formation Requirements
64J-2.008: Trauma Agency Plan Approval and Denial Process
64J-2.009: Trauma Agency Implementation and Operation Requirements

NOTICE OF CHANGE

Notice is hereby given that the following changes have been made to the proposed rule in accordance with subparagraph 120.54(3)(d)1., F.S., published in Vol. 34 No. 49, December 5, 2008 issue of the Florida Administrative Weekly.

The following changes are in response to revisions requested by the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee and technical changes to correct redundancy, punctuation and inconsistency errors.

64J-2.007 Trauma Agency Formation, Continuation, and Plan Requirements.

64J-2.007(2)(a)

(a)(c) Hold a public hearing at least 60 days prior to the submission of the plan to the department, and give adequate notice of the hearing to the public in the defined geographic area to be served by county or counties in which the proposed trauma agency shall operate. Adequate notice shall consist of publishing the notice, at least 30 days prior to the public hearing, in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each affected county. If a newspaper is not published in a county in which the a proposed trauma agency shall operate, adequate notice may be given by publishing the notice in at least one newspaper of general circulation in adjoining affected counties.

64J-2.007(3)(k)2.

2. Verify that the existing communications within the trauma agency’s trauma service area meet all the requirements for compliance with the Florida Emergency Medical Services Communication Plan, Volume I – March 2004 and Volume II – July 2008, to include all hospitals with emergency departments. The Florida Emergency Medical Services Communications Plan (Volumes I and II) is incorporated by reference and a copy of the document can be obtained by mail from the Department of Management Services, Division of Telecommunications, 4030 Esplanade Way, Suite 180, Tallahassee, Florida 32399; or electronically through the following web link: http://dms.myflorida.com/cits/public_safety/radio_communications/radio_communication_plans__.

64J-2.008 Trauma Agency Plan Approval and Denial Process.

(1) The department shall, within 30 days of receipt of the initial formation of a trauma agency plan or the five-year and the trauma agency 5 year plan update, review the proposed trauma agency’s trauma system plan, and notify the proposed trauma agency that the plan is complete, or that there are omissions. If there are omissions, the department shall request the required additional information to be submitted by the proposed trauma agency.

(2) The existing or proposed trauma agency shall submit the requested additional information to the department within 30 days of receipt of the notice of omissions.

(5) The department shall issue a letter of approval to the existing or proposed trauma agency upon determination that the plan is in compliance with Chapters 395 and 401, F.S., and Chapters 59A-3 and 64J-2, F.A.C.

(6) The department shall issue a letter of denial to the existing or proposed trauma agency upon determination that the plan is not in compliance with Chapters 395 and 401, F.S., and Chapters 59A-3 and 64J-2, F.A.C. The letter shall specify the deficiencies in the plan and include notification of any right to a hearing pursuant to Section 120.57, F.S.

64J-2.009 Trauma Agency Implementation and Operation Requirements.

(2)(b)2.5. Documentation that all trauma centers in the geographic area of the trauma agency participate in the trauma agency’s quality assurance and improvement activities process.