# 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 .05 Responsibilities of Emergency Medical Services Providers.

*COMAR 30.08.04.05*

A. Prehospital services shall provide prehospital MAIS runsheets or EMAIS patient care reports that include trauma or specialty care patient data about:

  (1) Trauma victims dead at the scene of the trauma;

  (2) Patients meeting State trauma or specialty triage criteria who are transported to a hospital;

  (3) Patients transported in accordance with interfacility transfer policies to receive a higher level of care or for special resources; and

  (4) Patients transported to specialty referral centers.

B. The transporting service is responsible for submitting patient care data designated in the MAIS runsheet or the EMAIS patient care report to the receiving hospital.

C. Designated trauma or specialty care centers shall use the patient criteria described in Regulation .01B and C of this chapter.