AGENCY: Department of Health and Human Services. Community Health and Well-Being. Division of Population Health. Office of Emergency Medical Services and Preparedness.

SERIES: 80071
TITLE: Resource hospital file
DATES: 1982-
ARRANGEMENT: Alphabetical by hospital name, thereunder chronological

DESCRIPTION: These records support the agency's function to promote trauma care in order to reduce morbidity and mortality through prevention, awareness, and quality intervention, and to establish designation requirements for resource hospital emergency medical service providers (Utah Code 26-8a-303(1)(b) (1999)). Records are used to indicate whether a hospital has met the standard of an Advanced Life Support Resource Hospital Designation, in accordance with the agency's mandate to establish application, submission, and procedural requirements for designations (26-8a-105(1) (2014)). Information required to verify that an institution has met the standards includes a letter of application, the resource hospital review, and a letter specifying designation.

RETENTION

Retain for 2 year(s)

DISPOSITION

Destroy.

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series were specifically approved by the State Records Committee.

APPROVED: 11/2014

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office until scanned and then destroy.

Computer data files: Retain in Office for 4 years or until two designation cycles conclude and then delete.

APPRAISAL

Administrative Legal

These records document the agency's adherence to the mandate to establish designation requirements for resource hospital emergency medical service providers (Utah Code 26-8a-303(1)(b) (1999)).

PRIMARY DESIGNATION

Public

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