048-2 Wyo. Code R. §§ 2-2 - Plan Development

(a) Facilities shall have a trauma plan that is consistent with the Wyoming Trauma Plan and these rules and shall include the following:

(i) Summary of the plan;

(ii) Organizational structure;

(iii) System design;

(iv) Objectives;

(v) Implementation schedule; and

(vi) Fiscal impact of the system.

(b) Regional Advisory Councils:

(i) The RAC shall develop a system plan based on standard guidelines for comprehensive system development. The system plan is subject to approval by the OEMS. The OEMS shall review the plan to assure that:

(A) All counties within the region have been included unless a specific county, or portion thereof, has been included within an adjacent system;

(B) All health care entities and interested speciality centers have been given an opportunity to participate in the planning process; and

(C) The following have been addressed:

(I) Access to the system;

(II) Communications;

(III) Medical oversight;

(IV) Prehospital triage criteria;

(V) Diversion protocols;

(VI) Bypass protocols;

(VII) Regional medical control;

(VIII) Facility triage criteria;

(IX) Inter-hospital transfers; and

(X) A quality improvement program that evaluates the outcome from a system perspective.

(ii) The RACs shall:

(A) Advise the OEMS concerning the statewide trauma system; and

(B) Establish trauma education and injury prevention programs.

(iii) The RAC is an entity which functions without the expectation of state or federal funding.

(iv) The RACs may request technical assistance from the OEMS.

(v) The RACs shall not require changes to referral or transport patterns for individual facilities.

(vi) The RAC shall provide a report by December 31 each year to the OEMS. This report shall describe the progress toward system development and include evidence that members of the RAC are currently involved in trauma care.

(c) Confidentiality.

(i) Data and reports concerning peer review, quality improvement, or the quality of the trauma care provided by a health care facility or a health care provider that are produced by a RAC or the WTC or provided by a health care facility to a RAC or the WTC as well as the proceedings of those committees concerning peer review and quality improvement shall be confidential, as required by applicable federal and state laws and regulations.

(ii) A statistical report on trauma and trauma care developed by the OEMS that does not identify specific health care facilities, health care providers, or patients is not confidential and is considered public information.

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048-2 Wyo. Code R. §§ 2-2