TITLE 46

MILITIA AND MILITARY AFFAIRS

CHAPTER 9

EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES ACT

46-917.  Idaho time sensitive emergency system — designation as Idaho trauma, stroke, and heart attack centers. (1) The council shall designate a hospital as a trauma, stroke, or heart attack center when such hospital, upon proper application and verification, has been found by the council to meet the applicable level of trauma, stroke, or heart attack center criteria as established by the council.

(2)  In developing trauma, stroke, and heart attack center designation criteria, the council shall use, as is practicable, appropriate peer-reviewed or evidence-based research, including but not limited to the most recent guidelines of the American college of surgeons committee on trauma, the American college of cardiology, and the American heart association for heart attack centers, the joint commission’s primary stroke center certification program criteria for stroke centers, or primary and comprehensive stroke center recommendations as published by the American stroke association or other nationally recognized authoritative standards.

(3)  Designation criteria adopted by the council shall be publicly available.

(4)  The council shall conduct a periodic verification review of every trauma, stroke, and heart attack facility. Verification reviews shall be coordinated for the different types of centers to the extent practicable with hospital resources. No person who has a substantial conflict of interest in the operation of any trauma, stroke, and heart attack center under review shall participate in the verification review of the facility.

(5)  The council shall coordinate an on-site review as necessary to assure that a hospital meets the criteria for the desired designation. The council may waive an on-site review when a hospital has been verified by a nationally recognized accrediting body to meet or exceed standards established by the council.

(6)  The council may deny, place on probation, suspend, or revoke any designation when it has reasonable cause to believe that there has been misrepresentation or falsification of information or a substantial failure to comply with the criteria for designation promulgated by the council. If the council has reasonable cause to believe that a hospital is not in compliance with such provisions, it may require the facility to submit additional documentation or undergo additional site reviews to verify compliance.

(7)  No hospital may hold itself out to the public as an Idaho-designated trauma center, Idaho-designated stroke facility, or Idaho-designated heart attack facility unless it is designated as such by the council.

(8)  A hospital aggrieved because of a council decision pursuant to this section shall be entitled to appeal as provided in section 46-910(4), Idaho Code. The opportunity for appeal as set forth in chapter 52, title 67, Idaho Code, shall follow if the council affirms its initial decision.

History:

[46-917, added 2025, ch. 94, sec. 2, p. 448.]