Alabama Administrative Code
Title 420 - ALABAMA STATE BOARD OF HEALTH
Chapter 420-2-3 - ALABAMA STATEWIDE HEALTH SYSTEM FOR STROKE
Section 420-2-3-.01 - General
Universal Citation: AL Admin Code R 420-2-3-.01
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 5, February 29, 2024
(1) Definitions.
(a) "Alabama Trauma Communications Center
(ATCC)" - A central communication facility with the capability to constantly
communicate with all pre-hospital providers and hospitals that have been
designated by the Department as trauma/stroke/cardiac centers. The ATCC's
capabilities include the ability to immediately and directly link the
pre-hospital providers to these centers.
(b) "Board" - The Board of Health of the
State of Alabama as defined by §
22-2-1,
Code of Ala. 1975, or the State Health Officer, or his
or her designee, when acting for the Board.
(c) "Council" - The Statewide Trauma and
Health Care Center Advisory Council.
(d) "Department" - The Alabama Department of
Public Health.
(e) "Designated
Stroke Center" - A hospital that has met all the standards for stroke center
designation as set out in these rules and that has been certified by the
Department.
(f) "Designation" - A
formal determination by the Department that a hospital is capable of providing
designated stroke care.
(g)
"Emergency Medical Service Personnel (EMSP)" -All recognized National Highway
Traffic Safety Administration levels of personnel licensed by the Board, who
have met all primary and/or renewal educational requirements of the emergency
medical services (EMS) rules, and are allowed to provide medical care within
the level of their scope of practice granted by the Office of Emergency Medical
Services (OEMS).
(h) "Hospital" - A
health institution planned, organized, and maintained for offering to the
public, facilities and beds for use in the diagnosis and treatment of patients
requiring in-patient medical care, out-patient medical care, or other care
performed by or under the supervision of physicians due to illness, disease,
injury, deformity, abnormality, or pregnancy.
(i) "Hospital Stroke Patient" - A hospital
patient who meets stroke system entry criteria and is entered into the stroke
system by calling the ATCC and obtaining a unique identification
number.
(j) "Pre-Hospital Stroke
Patient" - A pre-hospital patient who meets stroke system entry criteria and is
entered into the stroke system by calling the ATCC and obtaining a unique
identification number.
(k) "Quality
Assurance/Quality Improvement (QA/QI)" -The process to document and foster
continuous improvement in performances and the quality of patient care. In
addition, it assists the Department in defining standards, evaluating
methodologies, and utilizing evaluation results from continued system
improvement. Materials prepared during the QA/QI process are confidential and
privileged as provided in Sections
6-5-333,
22-21-8,
and
34-24-58,
Code of Ala. 1975.
(l) "Regional Agency" - A contractor located
in a specific geographic area of the state that provides services specified in
a contract. These agencies have no regulatory authority other than that
conferred by the OEMS.
(m)
"Regional Councils" - The regional advisory councils.
(n) "Regions" - The stroke care
regions.
(o) "Registry" - The
Statewide Stroke Registry.
(2) Stroke Care Regions. A map indicating the Stroke Care Regions is available at www.alabamapublichealth.gov. The Stroke Care Regions will be the same as the EMS Regions as approved by the Board.
(3) Quality Assurance/Quality Improvement. The Department shall develop guidelines for the state and regional level stroke staff regarding QA/QI activities.
Authors: William Crawford, M.D.; Jamie Gray
Statutory Authority: Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-11D-1, et seq.
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