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

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

### Chapter 06 — Adult and Pediatric Burn Center Standards

#### Regulation .18 Injury Prevention and Public Education.

*COMAR 30.08.06.18*

The burn center shall:

A. Collaborate closely with MIEMSS and other State agencies in developing, monitoring, and evaluating the effectiveness of prevention and public education programs;

B. Conduct epidemiology research concerning burn injury control;

C. Collaborate with other hospitals, MIEMSS, or other agencies in burn injury prevention initiatives and research;

D. Have an organized and effective approach to burn injury prevention that prioritizes those efforts based on burn registry and epidemiologic data;

E. Have a designated burn injury prevention coordinator, separate from the BPM position, who, in conjunction with the BPM, facilitates outreach and injury prevention strategies specific to the population of the burn center; and

F. Collaborate with existing national, regional, State and local programs.