S.C. Code Regs. § § 61-116.800.803

Current through Register Vol. 48, 12, December 27, 2024

Section 61-116.800.803 - Required Transport

Emergency medical service personnel shall transport a trauma patient directly to a trauma center that is qualified to provide appropriate care, unless one (1) or more of the following exceptions apply:

A. It is medically necessary to transport the patient to another hospital for initial assessment and stabilization before transfer to a trauma center;

B. It is unsafe or medically inappropriate to transport the patient directly to a trauma center due to adverse weather or ground conditions;

C. Transporting the patient to a trauma center would cause a shortage of local emergency medical service resources (defined as no resources available for longer than thirty (30) minutes in a reasonable response area) and air transport is unavailable;

D. No appropriate trauma center is able to receive and provide trauma care to the trauma patient without undue delay; or

E. Before transport of a patient begins, the patient requests to be taken to a particular hospital that is not a trauma center or, if the patient is less than eighteen (18) years of age or is not able to communicate, such a request is made by an adult member of the patient's family or a legal representative of the patient.

S.C. Code Regs. § 61-116.800.803

Amended by State Register Volume 40, Issue No. 05, eff. 5/27/2016.