Texas Administrative Code
Title 25 - HEALTH SERVICES
Part 1 - DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES
Chapter 103 - INJURY PREVENTION AND CONTROL
Section 103.5 - Reporting Requirements for EMS Providers

(1) All data must be transmitted electronically to the Texas EMS & Trauma Registries within ninety calendar days of the date of call for assistance; monthly submissions are recommended.

(2) EMS providers must report no reportable data (NRD) to the Registries monthly for any given month with no runs.

(1) Data elements currently defined by the appropriate data dictionaries must be submitted to the department's online Registries.

(2) NRD --If an EMS provider has no calls for assistance, the EMS provider must provide an NRD submission to the Registries for that month.

(1) An EMS provider may use third-party services to submit data to the Registries. A legally binding agreement must exist between the EMS provider and the third-party services. Documentation of the legally binding agreement must be provided to the department for third-party services to submit the data on behalf of the EMS provider within the Registries.

(2) If an EMS provider uses the third-party services, the EMS provider is ultimately responsible for the complete, accurate and timely reporting of data to the Registries.