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

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

### Chapter 09 — Eye Trauma Center Standards

#### Regulation .01 Organization.

*COMAR 30.08.09.01*

The hospital shall:

A. Be designated by MIEMSS and approved by the EMS Board as a Level II, Level I, or PARC trauma center;

B. Have a board of directors' resolution that states its commitment to provide state-of-the-art optimal eye trauma care as part of the Statewide emergency medical system;

C. Have an organized eye trauma center with a medical director who has:

  (1) Authority to run the eye trauma center; and

  (2) Responsibility for:

    (a) Clinical coordination of the eye trauma center;

    (b) Quality management; and

    (c) Participation in the State and regional EMS system quality management, education, and prevention activities; and

D. Have a designated eye trauma center nurse manager who has authority and responsibility for nursing and patient care services.