To revise the number of trauma center slots in Trauma Service Area One and the statewide total number of trauma center slots allocated.

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Division of Emergency Medical Operations

Rule No.: RULE TITLE
64J-2.010: Apportionment of Trauma Centers within a Trauma Service Area (TSA)
PURPOSE AND EFFECT: To revise the number of trauma center slots in Trauma Service Area One and the statewide total number of trauma center slots allocated.
SUMMARY: The proposed rule revises the number of trauma center slots in Trauma Service Area One from two to three, and increases the statewide total number of trauma center slots from 42 to 43.
SUMMARY OF STATEMENT OF ESTIMATED REGULATORY COSTS: The revisions to this rule do not require additional regulatory costs; therefore the statement of estimated regulatory costs is not applicable.
Any person who wishes to provide information regarding a statement of estimated regulatory costs, or provide a proposal for a lower cost regulatory alternative must do so in writing within 21 days of this notice.
SPECIFIC AUTHORITY: 395.405 FS.
LAW IMPLEMENTED: 395.401, 395.4015, 395.402, 395.405 FS.
A HEARING WILL BE HELD AT THE DATE, TIME AND PLACE SHOWN BELOW:
DATE AND TIME: Wednesday, October 13, 2010, 10:00 a.m. Central Time/11:00 a.m. Eastern Time
PLACE: Okaloosa County Health Department, 221 Hospital Drive, N.E., Ft. Walton Beach, FL 32358; ROOM: Auditorium; DIRECTIONS: Please contact the Attendant: call [phone], press 0 and ask for directions.
The hearing will also be held via conference call for individuals who cannot attend in person. The conference call number is: [phone] and conference code: 2354440.
If you plan to provide public comment during the hearing via conference call, please obtain a speaker’s card from the Office of Trauma Website under the Rule Notice for this hearing at the following link: http://doh.state.fl.us/demo/Trauma/notices.htm
Please complete the speaker’s form and email the completed form to Janet Collins at [e-mail] or fax at [phone].
THE PERSON TO BE CONTACTED REGARDING THE PROPOSED RULE IS: Susan McDevitt, Office of Trauma, Department of Health, 4052 Bald Cypress Way, Bin #C18, Tallahassee, Florida 32399-1738, [phone], ext. 2760; Email: [e-mail]; Fax: [phone]

THE FULL TEXT OF THE PROPOSED RULE IS:

64J-2.010 Apportionment of Trauma Centers Within a Trauma Service Area (TSA).

(1) through (2) No change.

(3) The number of trauma center positions for each TSA is as follows:

 

TSA	Counties	Trauma Centers
1	Escambia; Okaloosa; Santa Rosa; Walton	3 2
2	Bay; Gulf; Holmes; Washington	1
3	Calhoun; Franklin; Gadsden; Jackson; Jefferson; Leon; Liberty; Madison; Taylor; Wakulla	1
4	Alachua; Bradford; Columbia; Dixie; Gilchrist; Hamilton; Lafayette; Levy; Putnam; Suwannee; Union	2
5	Baker; Clay; Duval; Nassau; St. Johns	2
6	Citrus; Hernando; Marion	1
7	Flagler; Volusia	2
8	Lake; Orange; Osceola; Seminole; Sumter	3
9	Pasco; Pinellas	3
10	Hillsborough	2
11	Hardee; Highlands; Polk	3
12	Brevard; Indian River	2
13	DeSoto; Manatee; Sarasota	3
14	Martin; Okeechobee; St. Lucie	1
15	Charlotte; Glades; Hendry; Lee	2
16	Palm Beach	2
17	Collier	1
18	Broward	3
19	Dade; Monroe	6
	TOTAL	43 42

 

(4) No change.

Rulemaking Specific Authority 395.405 FS. Law Implemented 395.401, 395.4015, 395.402, 395.405 FS. History–New 12-10-92, Formerly 10D-66.1075, Amended 6-9-05, 12-18-06, Formerly 64E-2.022, Amended________.

NAME OF PERSON ORIGINATING PROPOSED RULE: Susan McDevitt, Director, Office of Trauma
NAME OF AGENCY HEAD WHO APPROVED THE PROPOSED RULE: Ana M. Viamonte-Ros, M.D., M.P.H., State Surgeon General
DATE PROPOSED RULE APPROVED BY AGENCY HEAD: September 1, 2010
DATE NOTICE OF PROPOSED RULE DEVELOPMENT PUBLISHED IN FAW: January 22, 2010