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    DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
    Division of Emergency Medical Operations

    RULE NO.:RULE TITLE:
    64J-2.006Trauma Registry

    NOTICE OF CORRECTION

    Notice is hereby given that the following correction has been made to the proposed rule in Vol. 39, No. 53, March 18, 2013 issue of the Florida Administrative Register.

    This rule adds the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program (TQIP) membership requirement for all verified trauma centers. The corrections are being made in response to concerns from the Joint Administrative Procedures Committee.

    The Summary of Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs should read as follows:

    The Agency has determined that this will have an adverse impact on small business or likely increase directly or indirectly regulatory costs in excess of $200,000 in the aggregate within one year after implementation of the rule. A SERC has been prepared by the agency. The following is a Summary of the Statement of Estimated Regulatory Costs approved by the Department:

    • The rule is not likely to directly or indirectly have an adverse impact on economic growth, private-sector job creation or employment, or private-sector investment in excess of $1 million in the aggregate within 5 years after the implementation of the rule.
    • The rule may directly or indirectly have an adverse impact on business competitiveness, including the ability of persons doing business in the state to compete with persons doing business in other states or domestic markets, productivity, or innovation in excess of $1 million in the aggregate within 5 years after the implementation of the rule because TQIP is not required in other states or markets.
    • Based on the following estimates, the rule is likely to increase regulatory costs of verified trauma centers in excess of $1 million in the aggregate within 5 years after the implementation of this rule: There are 24 current verified trauma centers that will be required to comply with the rule. The Department has estimated total aggregate costs of $194,400.00 for annual membership and $53,760.00 for the annual TQIP conference, for a total annual aggregate cost of $248,160.00. Within 5 years, the total aggregate cost is estimated at $1,240,800.00.
    • The department intends to implement and enforce the proposed rule within its current workload, with existing staff.
    • The rule is not likely to increase cost to any other state and local government entities because other state and local government entities do not implement the proposed rule.
    • The rule will not have an adverse impact on small businesses, as hospitals that are verified as trauma centers are not considered small businesses.
    • This rule will not have an adverse impact on small counties or small cities.

     

    The Department announces a change in the hearing date regarding the above rule, as noticed in Vol. 39, No. 53, March 18, 2013 Florida Administrative Register. 

    DATE AND TIME:  April 9, 2013, 2:00 p.m. EDST

    PLACE:  Florida Department of Health, 4025 Esplanade Way, Building 4025, Conference Room 301B, Tallahassee, Florida

Document Information

Related Rules: (1)
64J-2.006. Trauma Registry