Section 3066. Powers and duties of the department

1. The department shall
  continue   facilitation,   development,   and   periodic   revision   of
  appropriateness  review standards for emergency medical and trauma care,
  including appropriateness review standards for emergency departments and
  services and trauma centers and stations under article  twenty-eight  of
  this  chapter,  by the state emergency medical advisory committee or the
  state trauma advisory committee, as appropriate,  for  adoption  by  the
  state  hospital  review and planning council, subject to approval by the
  commissioner.
    2.  The  department  shall  continue  the  categorization  of  general
  hospitals  and  other  health care facilities for emergency medical care
  and trauma care under article twenty-eight  of  this  chapter,  and  the
  designation  of  emergency  facilities  in  general  hospitals and other
  health care facilities, as emergency departments or  emergency  services
  appropriate  for  emergency medical care and general hospitals and other
  health care facilities as trauma centers or trauma stations  appropriate
  for  trauma  care,  based  upon  such  categorization, after appropriate
  on-site verification.
    3. The  department  shall  continue  development  and  maintenance  of
  statewide  and  regional  quality  improvement  programs  for trauma and
  disaster care in a manner consistent with the intent and  provisions  of
  sections  twenty-eight  hundred  five-j,  three thousand two-a and three
  thousand four-a  of  this  chapter,  incorporating  quality  improvement
  programs for all components of the trauma system involved in trauma care
  including,  but not limited to fully integrated statewide and regionwide
  trauma registries, and the ways and means to support them.
    4.  The  department  shall   develop   and   periodically   revise   a
  comprehensive  emergency medical and trauma care plan with the advice of
  the state  emergency  medical  services  council,  the  state  emergency
  medical  advisory  committee  and  the  state trauma advisory committee,
  incorporating injury control programs for all components of  the  trauma
  system involved in trauma care.
    5.  The  department  shall develop and periodically revise medical and
  operational  guidelines  for  a  fully  integrated  statewide  transport
  system, with the advice of the state emergency medical services council,
  the  state  emergency  medical  advisory  committee and the state trauma
  advisory committee subject to approval by the  commissioner,  and  shall
  develop   and   maintain   a   statewide   system  for  coordination  of
  interfacility transfers.
    6. The department shall develop and periodically  revise  medical  and
  operational guidelines for a fully integrated statewide medical disaster
  preparedness  response,  with  the advice of the state emergency medical
  services council, the state emergency medical  advisory  committee,  and
  the  state  trauma  advisory  committee,  subject  to  approval  by  the
  commissioner, and shall develop and  maintain  a  statewide  system  for
  coordination   of   medical  disaster  preparedness  and  trauma  system
  planning.
    7. The department shall facilitate the coordination and implementation
  of  regional  emergency  medical  system,  trauma  system,  and  medical
  disaster  preparedness  response  plans, with the advice of the regional
  emergency medical services  councils,  the  regional  emergency  medical
  advisory  committees,  and  the regional trauma advisory committees, and
  shall promote full interoperability of all response  and  communications
  systems.