(1) establish a statewide trauma system plan that: (a) identifies statewide trauma care needs, objectives, and priorities; (b) identifies the equipment, facilities, personnel training, and other things necessary to create and maintain a statewide trauma system; and (c) organizes and coordinates trauma care within defined geographic areas;

(a) identifies statewide trauma care needs, objectives, and priorities;

(b) identifies the equipment, facilities, personnel training, and other things necessary to create and maintain a statewide trauma system; and

(c) organizes and coordinates trauma care within defined geographic areas;

(2) support the statewide trauma system by: (a) facilitating the coordination of prehospital, acute care, and rehabilitation services and providers through state regulation and oversight; (b) facilitating the ongoing evaluation and refinement of the statewide trauma system; (c) providing educational programs; (d) encouraging cooperation between community organizations, health care facilities, public health officials, emergency medical service providers, and rehabilitation facilities for the development of a statewide trauma system; (e) implementing a quality assurance program using information from the statewide trauma registry established pursuant to Section 26-8a-253; (f) establishing trauma center designation requirements in accordance with Section 26-8a-254; and (g) developing standards so that: (i) trauma centers are categorized according to their capability to provide care; (ii) trauma victims are triaged at the initial point of patient contact; and (iii) trauma patients are sent to appropriate health care facilities.

(a) facilitating the coordination of prehospital, acute care, and rehabilitation services and providers through state regulation and oversight;

(b) facilitating the ongoing evaluation and refinement of the statewide trauma system;

(c) providing educational programs;

(d) encouraging cooperation between community organizations, health care facilities, public health officials, emergency medical service providers, and rehabilitation facilities for the development of a statewide trauma system;

(e) implementing a quality assurance program using information from the statewide trauma registry established pursuant to Section 26-8a-253;

(f) establishing trauma center designation requirements in accordance with Section 26-8a-254; and

(g) developing standards so that: (i) trauma centers are categorized according to their capability to provide care; (ii) trauma victims are triaged at the initial point of patient contact; and (iii) trauma patients are sent to appropriate health care facilities.

(i) trauma centers are categorized according to their capability to provide care;

(ii) trauma victims are triaged at the initial point of patient contact; and

(iii) trauma patients are sent to appropriate health care facilities.