Sec. 773.114.  SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  Each emergency medical services and trauma care system must have:
(1)  local or regional medical control for all field care and transportation, consistent with geographic and current communications capability;
(2)  triage, transport, and transfer protocols; and
(3)  one or more hospitals categorized according to trauma care capabilities using standards adopted by department rule.
(b)  This subchapter does not prohibit a health care facility from providing services that it is authorized to provide under a license issued to the facility by the department.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 267, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  Redesignated from Health & Safety Code Sec. 773.084 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by: 
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 219), Sec. 3.1557, eff. April 2, 2015.