| (a) General Information. All data must be transmitted
electronically to the Texas EMS & Trauma Registries within ninety
calendar days of the date of examination; monthly submissions are
recommended.
(b) Data Elements and Methods.
(1) Data elements defined by the appropriate data dictionaries
for all required reportable events, must be submitted to the department’s
online Registries.
(2) If a specialized reporting system exists for a
required reportable event, then the case or suspected case must be
submitted to all relevant reporting systems.
(3) Hospitals can report the data elements as defined
by the appropriate data dictionaries to the Registries on behalf of
physicians.
(c) Third-party Services.
(1) A physician, medical examiner or justice of the
peace may use third-party services to submit data to the Registries.
A legally binding agreement must exist between the physician, medical
examiner or justice of the peace and the third-party services. Documentation
of the legally binding agreement must be provided to the department
for third-party services to submit the data on behalf of the physician,
medical examiner or justice of the peace.
(2) A physician, medical examiner or justice of the
peace uses the third-party services, the physician, medical examiner
or justice of the peace is ultimately responsible for the complete,
accurate and timely reporting of data to the Registries.
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