Rhode Island Code of Regulations
Title 216 - Department of health
Chapter 10 - Public Health Administration
Subchapter 10 - Registries
Part 4 - Rhode Island Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury Registry (216-RICR-10-10-4)
Section 216-RICR-10-10-4.3 - Definitions

1. "Act" means R.I. Gen. Laws § 23-1-49.

2. "Traumatic brain injury" means all injuries codes: 310.2, 800, 801, 803, 804, 850, 851, 852, 853, 854, 959.01, 905.0, and 907.0 as defined by the International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision Clinical Modification, incorporated above at § 4.2 of this Part.

3. "Spinal cord injury" means all injuries codes: 806, 952, and 907.2 as defined by the International Classification of Disease, 9th Revision Clinical Modification, incorporated above at § 4.2 of this Part.

4. "Department" means the Rhode Island Department of Health.

5. "Director" means the Director of the Department of Health.

6. "Hospital" means a facility licensed in Rhode Island with a governing body, an organized medical staff and a nursing service providing equipment and services primarily for inpatient care to persons who require definitive diagnosis and treatment for injury, illness or other disabilities or pregnancy. A hospital shall provide psychiatric and/or medical and/or surgical care and at least the following services: dietetic, infection control, medical records, laboratory, pharmaceutical and radiology, except that a psychiatric facility need not provide radiology services.

7. "Registrar of the Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury Registry" hereinafter referred to as Registrar, means the person within the Department designated by the Director to be responsible for the operation of the Rhode Island Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury Registry.

8. "Rhode Island Traumatic Brain Injury/Spinal Cord Injury Registry" means the central registry established within the Department by the Director pursuant to the Act as the statewide registry for the collection and recording of information on all cases of traumatic brain injuries and spinal cord injuries for the purpose of describing the occurrence of traumatic brain injury and spinal cord injury among Rhode Islanders; detecting trends of morbidity and mortality, stimulating epidemiological research, diminishing the impact of these injuries; and identifying survivors of these injuries in order to intervene on a timely basis for treatment.