New York Codes, Rules and Regulations
Title 10 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Chapter V - Medical Facilities
Subchapter C - State Hospital Code
Article 6 - Treatment Center and Diagnostic Center Operation
Part 752 - Center Services
Subpart 752-2 - Up-graded Diagnostic And Treatment Center Services
Section 752-2.4 - Administrative requirements
Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 12, March 26, 2025
When limited emergency care services are offered by an UD&TC the operator shall ensure that:
(a) such care is provided in a specifically designated area of the center that is staffed, equipped, and maintained during posted hours, and that the center is capable of providing care to patients with urgent and limited emergent medical problems and of ensuring that the services of a physician, physician's assistant or nurse practitioner with training and/or experience in emergency care, including advanced cardiac life support (ACLS), are immediately available by telephone or radio contact as established through written agreement with network providers, and available on site at the center within 30 minutes on a 24-hour a day basis. The UD&TC shall also:
(b) maintain the capacity to handle limited emergency patients in need of immediate stabilization, and arrange for transfer to an appropriate facility;
(c) ensure that specific written operating procedures are extablished delineating the duties and responsibilities of medical, nursing and other clinical support staff in providing high quality, coordinated, emergency care services;
(d) ensure that the center, in conjunction with other network EMS providers, develops and supports network-wide systems for mutual aid, overlapping coverage, destination protocols, data collection and other aspects requiring coordination to enhance the delivery of emergency medical services; and
(e) ensure that the center participates in a comprehensive, on-line information and data collection system to enable on-going evaluation of the provision of emergency services including medical control, consultation, emergency medical back-up and pre-hospital emergency services.