Chapter 717 Oregon Laws 2001
AN ACT
SB 243
Relating to emergency
medical services for children.
Be It Enacted by the People of the State of Oregon:
SECTION 1.
(1) Subject to available funding from
gifts, grants or donations, the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
is established in the Health Division. The Emergency Medical Services for
Children Program shall operate in cooperation with the Emergency Medical
Services and Trauma Systems Program to promote the delivery of emergency
medical and trauma services to the children of Oregon.
(2) The Health Division
shall:
(a) Employ or contract
with professional, technical, research and clerical staff as required to
implement this section.
(b) Provide technical
assistance to the State Trauma Advisory Board on the integration of an
emergency medical services for children program into the statewide emergency
medical services and trauma system.
(c) Provide advice and
technical assistance to area trauma advisory boards on the integration of an
emergency medical services for children program into area trauma system plans.
(d) Establish an
Emergency Medical Services for Children Advisory Committee.
(e) Establish guidelines
for:
(A) The approval of
emergency and critical care medical service facilities for pediatric care, and
for the designation of specialized regional pediatric critical care centers and
pediatric trauma care centers.
(B) Referring children
to appropriate emergency or critical care medical facilities.
(C) Necessary
prehospital and other pediatric emergency and critical care medical service
equipment.
(D) Developing a
coordinated system that will allow children to receive appropriate initial
stabilization and treatment with timely provision of, or referral to, the
appropriate level of care, including critical care, trauma care or pediatric
subspecialty care.
(E) Protocols for
prehospital and hospital facilities encompassing all levels of pediatric
emergency services, pediatric critical care and pediatric trauma care.
(F) Rehabilitation
services for critically ill or injured children.
(G) An interfacility
transfer system for critically ill or injured children.
(H) Initial and
continuing professional education programs for emergency medical services
personnel, including training in the emergency care of infants and children.
(I) A public education
program concerning the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program
including information on emergency access telephone numbers.
(J) The collection and
analysis of statewide pediatric emergency and critical care medical services
data from emergency and critical care medical service facilities for the
purpose of quality improvement by such facilities, subject to relevant
confidentiality requirements.
(K) The establishment of
cooperative interstate relationships to facilitate the provision of appropriate
care for pediatric patients who must cross state borders to receive emergency
and critical care services.
(L) Coordination and
cooperation between the Emergency Medical Services for Children Program and
other public and private organizations interested or involved in emergency and
critical care for children.
SECTION 2.
To assist the Legislative Assembly in
assessing the adequacy of pediatric trauma care in Oregon, the Health Division
shall produce and deliver to the Emergency Board by June 30, 2002, a report
describing the progress of the implementation of section 1 of this 2001 Act.
The report shall contain, but not be limited to, a description of current
pediatric trauma care services available on both the state and local levels,
recommendations for training, triage and field assessment protocols,
recommendations for special medical equipment for pediatric trauma care and an
estimate of the cost of caring for children with traumatic head and spinal
injuries and of the number of children served by the emergency medical services
and trauma system in this state.
Approved by the Governor
July 2, 2001
Filed in the office of
Secretary of State July 2, 2001
Effective date January 1,
2002
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