Sec.19a-177-2. Administration

(a) The Office of Emergency Medical Services is the lead division within the department responsible for the development, implementation, evaluation and enforcement of the trauma system for the state of Connecticut.

(b) A Trauma Committee shall be established by the commissioner as a committee of the EMS Advisory Board.

(1) The committee shall include representatives from at least the following:

(A) Commission on Hospitals and Health Care (CHHC) or its successor agency(ies);

(B) Connecticut Committee on Trauma, American College of Surgeons, (CCT/ACS), four (4) persons, one of whom shall represent the interests of Level III, Level IV, or undesignated facilities;

(C) Connecticut College of Emergency Physicians (CCEP), four (4) persons, one of whom shall represent the interests of Level III, Level IV, or undesignated facilities;

(D) Connecticut Emergency Nurses Association (CENA);

(E) Connecticut Hospital Association (CHA);

(F) Paramedic Committee of the EMS Advisory Board; and

(G) Volunteer Committee of the EMS Advisory Board.

(2) The committee shall, at least annually:

(A) review protocols and recommend changes to the commissioner through the EMS Advisory Board; and

(B) evaluate the status of the trauma system and recommend changes to the commissioner through the EMS Advisory Board.

(Adopted effective March 22, 1995; Amended September 6, 2005)