The Department, with the advice of the Trauma Advisory Council, shall establish Trauma Triage and Transport Guidelines to improve the quality of trauma care being provided to patients by ensuring that EMS providers transport patients to the appropriate level of trauma care. Such guidelines shall be established using the 2011 version of the Center for Disease Control's "Guidelines for Field Triage of Injured Patients."
S.C. Code Regs. § 61-116.800.801