Head and Spinal Cord Injury Reporting Requirements - Mo. Code Regs. Ann. tit. 19, § 30-41.010

All physicians and hospitals must report to the Department of Health registry any of the following:

1. A head or spinal cord injury patient who is dead or dies upon arrival to an emergency department;
2. Any head or spinal cord injury patient who is transferred to another hospital from the emergency department;
3. Any inpatient admitted to the hospital to treat a head or spinal cord injury. 

The registry form must include the following information:

•         Hospital name and medical record number
•         Patient name
•         Social security number
•         Date of birth
•         Sex and race
•         Previous treatment for the same injury
•         If a minor (under 18), the above information for the parent or guardian is required
•         Date and time on injury
•         Cause of injury
•         Scene of injury
•         Hospital arrival information
•         Hospital stay information

Related Laws:  V.A.M.S. 192.739; V.A.M.S. 192.740