Data Reporting Requirements

Trauma Inclusion Criteria

EMS/Trauma Registry Reporting Rules    PDF

Long Term Acute Care and Rehabilitation Requirements for Reporting Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury

LTAC and Rehabilitation Reporting of Traumatic Brain Injury and Spinal Cord Injury

Health and Safety Code - General mandates requiring reporting
Texas Administrative Code - Specific rules describing reporting requirements

EMS/Trauma Registry Law & Rules

Reporting Rules Summary (38KB, MS Word, Viewing Information)
The reporting rules in plain English, specifically targetted to EMS providers and hospitals

• Chapter 92 of the Health & Safety Code
  
• Chapter 103 of the Texas Administrative Code
  Highlights include:
  • 103.2   Definition of traumatic brain injury, spinal cord injury, submersion injury, and trauma patient.
    
  • 103.4   List of reportable injuries.
  • 103.5   Reporting requirements for EMS.  All EMS providers must submit data to the EMS/Trauma Registry.
    
  • 103.7   Reporting requirements for hospitals.  All hospitals must submit data to the EMS/Trauma Registry.
    

Office of EMS/Trauma Systems Law & Rules

• Chapter 773 of the Health & Safety Code
  
• Chapter 157 of the Texas Administrative Code
  Highlights include:
  
  • Rules definitions including the terms trauma, trauma patient, and trauma registry.
  • Rules requiring EMS participation in the EMS/Trauma Registry (l)(14)
  • Rules requiring hospital participation in the EMS/Trauma Registry for designation

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