Section 23-01.2-03 - Trauma center designation1. Effective January 1, 2011, a hospital that offers emergency services to the public shall meet trauma center designation standards and participate in the trauma system.2. The department of health and human services shall adopt rules that allow provisional trauma designation status for a hospital that is partially compliant with trauma designation standards. When issuing a provisional trauma designation, the department of health and human services shall allow a reasonable amount of time, determined by the department, for a hospital to fully meet all trauma designation standards.Amended by S.L. 2023 , ch. 229( HB 1165 ), § 21, eff. 7/1/2023.Amended by S.L. 2021 , ch. 352( HB 1247 ), § 137, eff. 9/1/2022.