Alaska Statutes Title 18. Health, Safety, Housing, Human Rights, and Public Defender § 18.08.010. Administration

(1) coordinate public and private agencies engaged in the planning and delivery of emergency medical services, including trauma care, to plan an emergency medical services system;

(2) assist public and private agencies to deliver emergency medical services, including trauma care, through the award of grants in aid;

(3) conduct, encourage, and approve programs of education and training designed to upgrade the knowledge and skills of health personnel involved in emergency medical services, including trauma care;

(4) establish and maintain a process under which hospitals and clinics could represent themselves to be trauma centers because they voluntarily meet criteria adopted by the department; criteria adopted by the department to implement this paragraph must be based on an applicable national evaluation system.