New Jersey Administrative Code
Title 8 - HEALTH
Chapter 43G - HOSPITAL LICENSING STANDARDS
Subchapter 12 - EMERGENCY DEPARTMENT AND TRAUMA SERVICES
Section 8:43G-12.21 - Trauma services trauma registry

Universal Citation: NJ Admin Code 8:43G-12.21

Current through Register Vol. 56, No. 6, March 18, 2024

(a) Each Level I and Level II trauma center shall maintain a trauma registry enumerating demographic, injury scene, prehospital, emergency department, inpatient, and discharge/outcome data for all patients treated or evaluated by the trauma center. The trauma registry shall include all items in a minimum data set defined by the Department.

(b) All other hospitals shall maintain a trauma registry for major trauma patients, including all items in an abbreviated data set determined by the Department.

(c) In accordance with procedures which shall be established and promulgated by the Department by December 20, 2000, all hospitals shall periodically submit computerized trauma registry data to the Department's Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS) for inclusion in the New Jersey State Trauma Registry.

(d) The Department shall not publicly disclose trauma registry data that identifies patients, staff, quality improvement determinations, or any data related to mortality or mortality rates for identified hospitals.

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