CHAPTER 44:68:04
STATEWIDE TRAUMA REGISTRY
Section
44:68:04:01 Reporting.
44:68:04:02 Confidentiality of trauma registry data.
44:68:04:01. Reporting. The department shall establish a
trauma registry. Level I, II, III, IV, and V trauma hospitals shall report to
the department regarding any patient that meets the local hospital criteria for
trauma team activation, or any patient that has a hospital admission of greater
than 48 hours with at least one injury, an International Classification of
Diseases, 9th revision ICD-9 diagnosis code between 800.00 and
959.9, including 940-949 (burns), excluding 905-909 (late effects of injuries),
910-924 (blisters, contusions, abrasions, and insect bites), 930-939 (foreign
bodies), and isolated hip fractures resulting from a same level fall unrelated
to a traumatic event, and also meet at least one of the following criteria:
(1) The patient's outcome
was death due to trauma;
(2) The patient was
admitted to the intensive care unit and/or operating room; or
(3) The patient was
transferred either into or out of the hospital.
Reporting may occur electronically,
through completion of the paper form, or another method approved by the
department.
Source:
35 SDR 304, effective June 29, 2009.
General
Authority: SDCL 34-12-54.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 34-12-53, 34-12-54.
Reference:
International Classification of Diseases, 9th revision, 2009. Copies
may be obtained from Ingenix, PO Box 27116, Salt Lake City, UT 84127-0116.
Cost: $94.95 or order online at
44:68:04:02. Confidentiality of trauma registry data. Any
report required to be submitted to the statewide trauma registry is strictly
confidential medical information. No report may be released, shared with any
agency or institution, or made public, upon subpoena, search warrant, discovery
proceedings, or otherwise. No report is admissible as evidence in any action of
any kind in any court or before any tribunal, board, agency, or person.
However, the department may release data for statistical purposes in such a
manner that no person, hospital, or emergency medical service can be
identified.
Source:
35 SDR 304, effective June 29, 2009.
General
Authority: SDCL 34-12-54.
Law
Implemented: SDCL 34-12-53, 34-12-54.
