Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-2-4-.02
Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 11, August 30, 2024
Section 420-2-4-.02 - Definitions(1) "Accuracy" means the correctness of data reported on head and spinal cord injury cases submitted to the AHSCIR.(2) "Advisory Council" means the council appointed by the State Health Officer consisting of health care professionals, university representatives, appropriate state agencies, persons or family members of persons with head and spinal cord injuries, and other interested parties from various health associations.(3) "AHSCIR" means a database created by state law to collect information about head and spinal cord injuries. The AHSCIR is housed in the Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS). Data from the trauma system may be included in the AHSCIR.(4) "Board" or "State Board of Health" means the Board of Health of the State of Alabama as defined by § 22-2-1, Code of Ala. 1975, or the State Health Officer, or his or her designee, when acting for the Board.(5) "Clinical Records" means any record, hard copy or patient abstract, containing information which could lead to the identification of head and spinal cord injury patients, head and spinal cord injury diagnosis or treatment facilities, independent clinical laboratories, or health care providers.(6) "Clinical Information" means any information which could lead to the identification of head and spinal cord injury patients, head and spinal cord injury diagnosis or treatment facilities, or health care providers.(7) "Completeness" means the complete reporting of all confirmed cases of head and/or spinal cord injury as well as all required data fields.(8) "Data Acquisition Manual" means the manual developed by the AHSCIR which specifies the rules and guidelines used when abstracting a confirmed head and/or spinal cord injury case to be reported.(9) "Death Match" means the matching of confirmed cases of head and/or spinal cord injuries reported to the central registry with a listing of deceased individuals.(10) "Electronic Data Submission" means transferring data from a computer used by a reporting entity to a database server specified by the AHSCIR.(11) "Head and/or Spinal Cord Injury Patient" means any person who is undergoing diagnosis or treatment for head and/or spinal cord injury.(12) "Health Care Facilities" means all public, private, federal or military hospitals, or any other facilities where head and spinal cord injury cases are diagnosed or treated.(13) "Institutional Review Board (IRB)" means the members selected by the State Health Officer to examine proposed research projects and ensure that research procedures will respect and protect persons who are research subjects, maximize benefits, and minimize any potential harm or risk.(14) "Office of Emergency Medical Services (OEMS)" means the subdivision of the Department charged with the enforcement and administration of these rules.(15) "Spinal Cord Injury" means occurrence of an acute traumatic lesion of neural elements in the spinal canal (spinal cord and Cauda equina), resulting in temporary or permanent sensory deficit, motor deficit, or bowel or bladder dysfunction.(16) "Statistical Data" means collected aggregate data which does not lead to the identification of head and spinal cord injury patients, diagnosis or treatment facilities, or health care providers.(17) "Timeliness" means the reporting of all confirmed cases of head and spinal cord injuries within 90 days of diagnosis or admission to an acute care hospital.(18) "Traumatic Brain Injury or Head Injury" means an occurrence of injury to the head that is documented in a medical record, with one or more of the following conditions attributed to head injury: (a) Observed or self-reported decreased level of consciousness.(d) Objective neurological or neuropsychological abnormality.(e) Diagnosed intracranial lesion.(f) As an occurrence of death resulting from trauma, with head injury listed on the death certificate, autopsy report, or medical examiner's report in the sequence of conditions that resulted in death. This definition applies to an acquired injury to the brain. This term does not include brain dysfunction caused by congenital or degenerative disorders, nor birth trauma, but may include brain injuries caused by anoxia due to near drowning.
Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-2-4-.02
Adopted by Alabama Administrative Monthly Volume XXXVII, Issue No. 08, May 31, 2019, eff. 6/30/2019.Author: Teresa S. Pells, M.P.H., Stephen Wilson, B.S., NRP
Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-11C-1, et seq.