Texas Register, Volume 29, Number 30, Pages 7013-7230, July 23, 2004 Page: 7,105
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SUBCHAPTER B. EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES PROVIDER LICENSES
25 TAC 157.25
The amendment is adopted under the Texas Health and Safety
Code, Chapter 773, Emergency Medical Services, which pro-
vides the Board of Health (board) with the authority to adopt rules
to implement the Emergency Medical Services Act; and 12.001,
which provides the Board with the authority to adopt rules for its
procedure and for the performance of each duty imposed by law
on the board, the department or the commissioner of health. The
review of the rule implements Government Code, 2001.039.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's
legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 9.
TRD-200404470
Susan K. Steeg
General Counsel
Texas Department of Health
Effective date: July 29, 2004
Proposal publication date: April 30, 2004
For further information, please call: (512) 458-7236
SUBCHAPTER C. EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES TRAINING AND COURSE
APPROVAL
25 TAC 157.41
The amendment is adopted under the Texas Health and Safety
Code, Chapter 773, Emergency Medical Services, which pro-
vides the Board of Health (board) with the authority to adopt rules
to implement the Emergency Medical Services Act; and 12.001,
which provides the Board with the authority to adopt rules for its
procedure and for the performance of each duty imposed by law
on the board, the department or the commissioner of health. The
review of the rule implements Government Code, 2001.039.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's
legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 9, 2004.
TRD-200404471
Susan K. Steeg
General Counsel
Texas Department of Health
Effective date: July 29, 2004
Proposal publication date: April 30, 2004
For further information, please call: (512) 458-7236
SUBCHAPTER G. EMERGENCY MEDICAL
SERVICES TRAUMA SYSTEMS25 TAC 157.130
The repeal is adopted under the Texas Health and Safety Code,
Chapter 773, Emergency Medical Services, which provides the
Board of Health (board) with the authority to adopt rules to imple-
ment the Emergency Medical Services Act; and 12.001, which
provides the Board with the authority to adopt rules for its pro-
cedure and for the performance of each duty imposed by law on
the board, the department or the commissioner of health. The
review of the rule implements Government Code, 2001.039.
This agency hereby certifies that the adoption has been reviewed
by legal counsel and found to be a valid exercise of the agency's
legal authority.
Filed with the Office of the Secretary of State on July 9, 2004.
TRD-200404472
Susan K. Steeg
General Counsel
Texas Department of Health
Effective date: July 29, 2004
Proposal publication date: April 30, 2004
For further information, please call: (512) 458-7236
25 TAC 157.130, 157.131
The new rules are adopted under the Texas Health and Safety
Code, Chapter 773, Emergency Medical Services, which pro-
vides the Board of Health (board) with the authority to adopt rules
to implement the Emergency Medical Services Act; and 12.001,
which provides the Board with the authority to adopt rules for its
procedure and for the performance of each duty imposed by law
on the board, the department or the commissioner of health. The
review of the rules implements Government Code, 2001.039.
157.130. Emergency Medical Services and Trauma Care System
Account and Emergency Medical Services, Trauma Facilities, and
Trauma Care System Fund.
(a) Definitions. The following words and terms, when used
in this section, shall have the following meanings, unless the context
clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) Extraordinary emergency--An event or situation which
may disrupt the services of an EMS/trauma system.
(2) Rural county--A county with a population of less than
50,000 based on the latest official federal census population figures.
(3) Urban county--A county with a population of 50,000 or
more based on the latest official federal census population figures.
(4) Emergency transfer--Any immediate transfer of an
emergent or unstable patient, ordered by a licensed physician, from a
health care facility to a health care facility which has the capability of
providing a higher level of care or of providing a specialized type of
care not available at the transferring facility.
(5) Trauma care--Care provided to patients who underwent
treatment specified in at least one of the following ICD-9 (Interna-
tional Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision, of the National Cen-
ter of Health Statistics) codes: between 800.00 and 959.9, including
940.0-949.0 (burns), excluding 905.0-909.0 (late effects of injuries),
910.0-924.0 (blisters, contusions, abrasions, and insect bites), 930.0-
939.0 (foreign bodies), and who underwent an operative interventionADOPTED RULES July 23, 2004 29 TexReg 7105
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