Section 22-11D-2 Definitions. - Alabama Statutes

Section 22-11D-2

Definitions.

As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:

(1) BOARD. The State Board of Health.

(2) COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM. A radio and land line network complying with the board's rules and which provides rapid public access, coordinated central dispatching of services, and coordination of personnel, equipment, and facilities in the trauma system.

(3) COUNCIL. The Statewide Trauma Advisory Council.

(4) DEPARTMENT. The Alabama Department of Public Health.

(5) DESIGNATED TRAUMA CENTER. A trauma center which is certified by the department and meets standards identified in rules of the board.

(6) DESIGNATION. A formal determination by the department that a hospital is capable of providing designated trauma care as authorized by this chapter.

(7) EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICE. The organization responding to a perceived individual's need for immediate medical care in order to prevent loss of life or aggravation of physiological or psychological illness or injury.

(8) REGIONAL COUNCILS. The regional trauma advisory councils.

(9) TRAUMA CENTER. A hospital that voluntarily participates in the statewide trauma system and that has been designated as a trauma center pursuant to the rules of the board.

(Act 2007-299, p. 541, §2.)