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Section 6 CCR 1015-4-401 - Organizational Requirements

6 Colo. Code Regs. § 1015-4-401

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Current through Register Vol. 47, No. 11, June 10, 2024
Section 6 CCR 1015-4-401 - Organizational Requirements
1. The governing body of each county or city and county throughout the state shall establish a RETAC, with the governing body of four or more other counties, or with the governing body of a city and county, to form a multicounty RETAC.
2. RETACS must be comprised of counties that are contiguous.
3. The governing body from the counties and/or cities and counties comprising each RETAC shall determine how members are appointed.
4. The participating counties shall define the number of members on the RETAC.
5. Membership shall reflect, as equally as possible, representation between hospital and prehospital providers, and from each participating county and/or city and county.
6. There shall be at least one member from each participating county and/or city and county in the RETAC.
7. Each RETAC shall meet a minimum of four times per year.
8. After the appointment of members to the RETAC, the RETAC shall establish and maintain bylaws, which include responsibilities and other pertinent matters concerning the structure and operations of the organization. A chairperson shall be elected, and that person or their designee shall serve as the liaison for the region's communications with the Department.
9. At least seventy-five percent of the RETAC membership must reside in or provide health care services within the region.
10. Each RETAC must identify one or more key resource facilities for the region. The key resource facility shall provide consultation and technical assistance to the RETAC in resolving trauma care issues that arise in the region, and in coordinating patient destination and inter-facility transfer policies to assure that patients are transferred to the appropriate facility for treatment in or outside of the region.
11. Each RETAC shall utilize designated staff to manage the day-to-day business of the RETAC and provide administrative support and technical assistance to SEMTAC as it carries out its statutory obligations.

6 CCR 1015-4-401

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43 CR 09, May 10, 2020, effective 6/14/2020
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