# COMAR Title 30 — Maryland Institute for Emergency Medical Services Systems (MIEMSS)

## Subtitle 08 — Designation of Trauma and Specialty Referral Centers

### Chapter 04 — Data Collection and Quality Management

#### Regulation .01 Responsibilities of MIEMSS.

*COMAR 30.08.04.01*

MIEMSS shall:

A. Maintain the State trauma registry to collect and analyze data including, but not limited to, data concerning the incidence, severity, and causes of trauma and burns;

B. Establish criteria to identify patients to be included in the State trauma registry;

C. Collect data about patients to be included in the State trauma registry from:

  (1) EMS providers;

  (2) Hospitals, both designated and nondesignated including, but not limited to:

    (a) The primary adult resource center;

    (b) Level I trauma centers;

    (c) Level II trauma centers;

    (d) Level III trauma centers; and

    (e) Maryland Trauma Specialty Referral Centers as defined in Health-General Article, §19-130(a)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland;

  (3) Office of Medical Examiner reports; and

  (4) Other sources outside of the trauma and specialty care systems including, but not limited to:

    (a) Death certificates,

    (b) Hospital inpatient discharge data,

    (c) Health care provider and third-party payer billing data, and

    (d) Law enforcement agency records;

D. Require hospitals to have a case specific patient identifier common to all data sources used in the State trauma registry; and

E. Establish procedures and specifications for electronic and hard copy submission of data.