D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B2812
Each pediatric trauma care facility shall have, or shall have access to, a Burn Center directed by a licensed, board certified general or plastic surgeon on the active medical staff who has at least two (2) years of experience in management of burn pediatric patients in a Burn Center.
The Burn Center shall be staffed by physician and nursing personnel who are trained in burn care and equipped for the care of the extensively burned patient.
A burn service shall be formally established by the medical staff of the institution, and members of the burn service shall be properly credentialed by the facility. The chief of the burn service shall serve as the Medical Director of the burn center.
The burn service Medical Director shall have the appropriate authority and responsibility to direct and coordinate all medical services for patients admitted to the Burn Center. The Medical Director shall be responsible for regular communications with physicians and other authorities regarding referred patients and for appropriate burn center management functions, including quality improvement, (liaison with other burn centers), internal and external educational programs, and coordination with regional and state EMS programs. The burn center Medical Director and each staff surgeon shall participate actively in the care of at least fifty (50) acute burn patients a year.
The Burn Center shall admit an average over any three (3) year period of one hundred (100) or more patients with acute burn injuries annually and shall maintain an average daily census of three (3) or more patients with acute burn injuries.
The Burn Center shall have one (1) registered nurse who is administratively responsible for and has a full-time commitment to the burn center. This individual shall have two (2) years of intensive care or equivalent experience on a burn unit and at least six (6) months of management experience.
The Burn Center shall have the following support personnel:
The Burn Center shall have the capability of delivering all therapy required, including rehabilitation, and shall also engage in teaching, training of personnel, and burn research.
Each pediatric trauma care facility may have written transfer agreements with a nearby Burn Center or hospital with a burn service unit.
D.C. Mun. Regs. tit. 22, r. 22-B2812