The General Assembly finds and declares that: Cardiovascular disease is the number one cause of death in the United States and in Georgia; Georgia ranks as the thirty-eighth worst in the nation for numbers of deaths from cardiovascular disease; There were 79,901 deaths in Georgia in 2015, and cardiovascular disease (excluding stroke) accounted for 23.6 […]
As used in this article, the term: “Emergency cardiac care center” means a hospital that has been designated by the office pursuant to this article as meeting the criteria set forth in this article. “Office” means the Office of Cardiac Care established pursuant to this article. History. Code 1981, § 31-11-131 , enacted by Ga. […]
There shall be established the Office of Cardiac Care within the Department of Public Health. The office shall administer the designation process provided for in this article, including, but not limited to, data collection, analysis and reporting, and site visits. The office shall designate hospitals that meet the criteria set forth in this article as […]
A hospital shall apply to the office for designation as an emergency cardiac care center through an application process to be determined by the office. A hospital shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the office that the hospital meets the applicable criteria set forth in this article. The application process may include an on-site inspection […]
The office shall establish a data reporting system which may be composed of one or more data bases for the reporting of data on all out-of-hospital cardiac arrest patients and all heart attack patients. The data reporting system may be composed of data bases established or designated by the office, including, but not limited to, […]
In order to encourage and ensure the establishment of emergency cardiac care centers throughout the state, the office shall award grants, subject to appropriations from the General Assembly, to hospitals that seek designation as emergency cardiac care centers and demonstrate a need for financial assistance to develop the necessary infrastructure, including personnel and equipment, in […]
Beginning June 1, 2018, and each year thereafter, the office shall provide a list of emergency cardiac care centers designated pursuant to this article to the medical director of each licensed emergency medical services provider in this state, shall maintain a copy of such list in the office, and shall post such list on the […]
This article shall not be construed to be a medical practice guideline or to establish a standard of care for treatment and shall not be used to restrict the authority of a hospital to provide services for which it has received a license under state law. The General Assembly intends that all patients be treated […]
A hospital may not advertise to the public, by way of any medium whatsoever, that it is identified by the state as an emergency cardiac care center unless the hospital has been designated as such by the office pursuant to this article. History. Code 1981, § 31-11-138 , enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 302, […]
The office shall be authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to carry out the purposes of this article. History. Code 1981, § 31-11-139 , enacted by Ga. L. 2017, p. 302, § 1/SB 102.
