Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-7-4-.03

Current through Register Vol. 42, No. 12, September 30, 2024

Section 420-7-4-.03 - Reporting Date And Submission

(1) Effective January 1, 1999, all confirmed cases of head and/or spinal cord injuries diagnosed or treated and admitted to acute care hospital facilities in the state shall be reported via electronic submission to the AHSCIR within 90 days of admission or diagnosis as prescribed by these rules. Reports are to be submitted on a monthly basis.

(a) Health care facilities with an established trauma registry or health care facilities with greater than 50 head and/or spinal cord injury patients each year shall electronically report each case of head and/or spinal cord injury.

(b) Health care facilities with 50 or less cases per year may elect to report each confirmed case of head and/or spinal cord injury electronically or via paper abstract.

(2) The reporting facility is solely responsible for providing complete and accurate data as required in the AHSCIR Data Acquisition Manual. If data do not meet established quality of data standards in any or all of three areas: completeness, accuracy, and timeliness, the reporting facility will respond to queries from the AHSCIR and submit original and/or corrected data. If this measure is necessary, then notification shall be sent to the facility in the form of a letter regarding specific discrepancies between facility and AHSCIR. The facility shall within thirty (30) days reply and resubmit data. No fees shall be charged facilities to implement these rules.

(3) If the health care facility fails to report in the prescribed format, the State Health Officer's authorized representative shall be permitted access to all records which would identify confirmed cases of head and/or spinal cord injury.

Author: Teresa S. Pells, M.P.H.

Ala. Admin. Code r. 420-7-4-.03

New Rule: Filed November 18, 1998; effective December 23, 1998.

Statutory Authority:Code of Ala. 1975, § 22-11C-1, etseq.