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<regulation prefix="Regulation" num=".01" citation="COMAR 30.08.04.01" title_num="30" subtitle_num="08" chapter_num="04" heading="Responsibilities of MIEMSS.">
  <text>MIEMSS shall:</text>
  <paragraph num="A.">
    <text>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;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="B.">
    <text>Establish criteria to identify patients to be included in the State trauma registry;</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="C.">
    <text>Collect data about patients to be included in the State trauma registry from:</text>
    <paragraph num="(1)">
      <text>EMS providers;</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(2)">
      <text>Hospitals, both designated and nondesignated including, but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>The primary adult resource center;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Level I trauma centers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Level II trauma centers;</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Level III trauma centers; and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(e)">
        <text>Maryland Trauma Specialty Referral Centers as defined in Health-General Article, §19-130(a)(3), Annotated Code of Maryland;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(3)">
      <text>Office of Medical Examiner reports; and</text>
    </paragraph>
    <paragraph num="(4)">
      <text>Other sources outside of the trauma and specialty care systems including, but not limited to:</text>
      <paragraph num="(a)">
        <text>Death certificates,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(b)">
        <text>Hospital inpatient discharge data,</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(c)">
        <text>Health care provider and third-party payer billing data, and</text>
      </paragraph>
      <paragraph num="(d)">
        <text>Law enforcement agency records;</text>
      </paragraph>
    </paragraph>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="D.">
    <text>Require hospitals to have a case specific patient identifier common to all data sources used in the State trauma registry; and</text>
  </paragraph>
  <paragraph num="E.">
    <text>Establish procedures and specifications for electronic and hard copy submission of data.</text>
  </paragraph>
</regulation>