Section text and notes
Designated trauma center
section 300d–13 of this titleThe term “designated trauma center” means a trauma center designated in accordance with the modifications to the State plan described in .
State plan regarding emergency medical services
The term “State plan”, with respect to the provision of emergency medical services, means a plan for a comprehensive, organized system to provide for the access, response, triage, field stabilization, transport, hospital stabilization, definitive care, and rehabilitation of patients of all ages with respect to emergency medical services.
State
The term “State” means each of the several States, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, Guam, American Samoa, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands.
Trauma
Trauma care component of State plan
The term “trauma care component”, with respect to components of the State plan for the provision of emergency medical services, means a plan for a comprehensive health care system, within rural and urban areas of the State, for the prompt recognition, prehospital care, emergency medical care, acute surgical and medical care, rehabilitation, and outcome evaluation of seriously injured patients.
July 1, 1944, ch. 373 Pub. L. 101–590, § 3104 Stat. 2926 Pub. L. 102–321, title VI, § 602(2)106 Stat. 436 Pub. L. 103–183, title VI, § 601(f)(4)107 Stat. 2239 Pub. L. 113–152, § 2(a)128 Stat. 1825 (, title XII, § 1231, as added , , ; amended , , ; , , ; , , .)
Editorial Notes
Amendments
Pub. L. 113–1522014—Par. (4). amended par. (4) generally. Prior to amendment, text read as follows: “The term ‘trauma’ means an injury resulting from exposure to a mechanical force.”
Pub. L. 103–1831993—Par. (3). substituted “Puerto Rico,” for “Puerto Rico;”.
Pub. L. 102–3211992— substituted “this part and parts A and B” for “this subchapter” in introductory provisions.
Statutory Notes and Related Subsidiaries
Effective Date of 1992 Amendment
Pub. L. 102–321Pub. L. 102–321section 236 of this titleAmendment by effective , with provision for programs providing financial assistance, see section 801(b), (d) of , set out as a note under .