44:68:04:01Reporting.

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.