Section 100149.02 - [Operative 1/1/2025] STEMI Referring Hospital Requirements(a) The following minimum criteria shall be used by the local EMS agency for designation of a STEMI referring hospital:(1) The hospital shall be committed to supporting the STEMI Program.(2) The hospital shall be available to provide care for STEMI patients twenty-four (24) hours per day, seven (7) days per week, three hundred and sixty-five (365) days per year.(3) Written protocols shall be in place to identify STEMI patients and provide an optimal reperfusion strategy, using fibrinolytic therapy.(4) The emergency department shall maintain a standardized procedure for the treatment of STEMI patients.(5) The hospital shall have a transfer process through interfacility transfer agreements, and have pre-arranged agreements with EMS ambulance providers for rapid transport of STEMI patients to a SRC.(6) The hospital shall have a program to track and improve treatment of STEMI patients.(7) The hospital must have a plan to work with a STEMI receiving center and the local EMS agency on quality improvement processes.(8) A STEMI referring hospital designated by the local EMS agency shall have a review conducted every three years.(b) A STEMI center designated by the local EMS agency prior to implementation of these regulations may continue to operate. Before re-designation by the local EMS agency at the next regular interval, STEMI centers shall be re-evaluated to meet the criteria established in these regulations.(c) Additional requirements may be stipulated by the local EMS agency medical director.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 22, § 100149.02
Note: Authority cited: Sections 1797.103, 1797.107, 1797.176, 1797.220, 1798.150, 1798.167 and 1798.172, Health and Safety Code. Reference: Sections 1797.176, 1797.220, 1798.150 and 1798.170, Health and Safety Code.
1. Renumbering of section 100270.125 to section 100149.02 filed 9-5-2024; operative 1/1/2025 (Register 2024, No. 36).