Section 210 ILCS 50/3.95 - Level I Trauma Center Minimum StandardsThe Department shall establish, through rules adopted pursuant to this Act, standards for Level I Trauma Centers which shall include, but need not be limited to:
(a) The designation by the trauma center of a Trauma Center Medical Director and specification of his qualifications;(b) The types of surgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients, including but not limited to a twenty-four hour in-house surgeon with operating privileges and ancillary staff necessary for immediate surgical intervention;(c) The types of nonsurgical services the trauma center must have available for trauma patients;(d) The numbers and qualifications of emergency medical personnel;(e) The types of equipment that must be available to trauma patients;(f) Requiring the trauma center to be affiliated with an EMS System;(g) Requiring the trauma center to have a communications system that is fully integrated with all Level II Trauma Centers and EMS Systems with which it is affiliated;(h) The types of data the trauma center must collect and submit to the Department relating to the trauma services it provides. Such data may include information on post-trauma care directly related to the initial traumatic injury provided to trauma patients until their discharge from the facility and information on discharge plans;(i) Requiring the trauma center to have helicopter landing capabilities approved by appropriate State and federal authorities, if the trauma center is located within a municipality having a population of less than two million people; and(j) Requiring written agreements with Level II Trauma Centers in the EMS Regions it serves, executed within a reasonable time designated by the Department.P.A. 89-177, eff. 7/19/1995.