California Code of Regulations
Title 22 - Social Security
Division 9 - Prehospital Emergency Medical Services
Chapter 7.2 - Stroke Critical Care System
Article 5 - Data Management, Quality Improvement and Evaluation
Section 100270.228 - Data Management Requirements

(a) The local EMS agency shall implement a standardized data collection and reporting process for stroke critical care systems.

(b) The system shall include the collection of both prehospital and hospital patient care data, as determined by the local EMS agency.

(c) The prehospital stroke patient care elements shall be compliant with the most current version of the California EMS Information Systems (CEMSIS) database and the National EMS Information System (NEMSIS) database.

(d) The hospital stroke patient care elements shall be consistent with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Paul Coverdell National Acute Stroke Program Resource Guide, dated October 24, 2016, which is hereby incorporated by reference.

(e) All hospitals that receive stroke patients via EMS shall participate in the local EMS agency data collection process in accordance with local EMS agency policies and procedures.

(f) The prehospital care record and the hospital data elements shall be collected and submitted by the local EMS agency, and subsequently to the EMS Authority, on no less than a quarterly basis.