8:43G-12.12 Trauma services; scope and purpose
(a) The requirements of N.J.A.C. 8:43G-12.12 through 12.23 shall apply to all hospitals designated by the Department of Health as Level I or Level II trauma centers, pursuant to Certificate of Need designation criteria at N.J.A.C. 8:33P.
(b) The purpose of the rules designated in (a) above is to specify the personnel, organization and other resources required for hospitals designated and licensed as trauma centers, and to delineate the joint responsibilities of community hospital emergency departments and trauma centers in the treatment of trauma patients.
Authority: N.J.S.A. 26:2H-1 et seq., specifically 26:2H-5, Effective December 20, 1999.