DHS 118.03(12)(12) “Executive council” means the RTAC leadership body, which is composed of professionals from each region who reflect trauma care expertise, leadership and diversity within each trauma care region. DHS 118.03(15)(15) “Fiscal agent” means the person or organization responsible for transactions of RTAC funds. DHS 118.03(16)(16) “Health care provider” means a medical professional who or organization that is involved in either the detection, prevention, or care of an injured person and includes all of the following: DHS 118.03(17)(17) “Hospital” means entities approved under subch. II of ch. 50, Stats., and ch. DHS 124, including critical access hospitals, that routinely provide trauma care, excluding hospitals whose principal purpose is to treat persons with a mental illness. DHS 118.03(18)(18) “Indicator review” means the RTAC’s assessment of trauma system performance based on desired trauma system measurements and used by the RTAC in the performance improvement process. DHS 118.03(19)(19) “Lead agency” means an organization or agency that serves as the focal point for program development on the local, regional and state level. In this chapter, the department serves as the lead agency. DHS 118.03(20)(20) “Level I” means a class of trauma care facility that is characterized by the hospital’s capability of providing leadership and total care for every aspect of traumatic injury from prevention through rehabilitation, including research. DHS 118.03(21)(21) “Level II” means a class of trauma care facility that is characterized by the hospital’s ability to provide initial definitive trauma care regardless of the severity of injury, but may not be able to provide the same comprehensive care as a level I trauma center. DHS 118.03(22)(22) “Level III” means a class of trauma care facility that is characterized by the hospital’s ability to: DHS 118.03(22)(b)(b) Provide emergency surgery and arrange, when necessary, transfer to a level I or II trauma facility for definitive surgical and intensive trauma care. DHS 118.03(23)(23) “Level IV” means a class of trauma care facility that is characterized by the hospital’s ability to stabilize and provide advanced trauma life support prior to patient transfer. DHS 118.03(24)(24) “Loop-closure” means the process whereby an RTAC has identified a quality improvement problem, completed an evaluation, developed an action plan and notified appropriate health care providers of the results. DHS 118.03(25)(25) “Medical director” means the physician who is designated in an operational plan to be responsible for all of the following off-line medical direction activities: DHS 118.03(25)(a)(a) Controlling, directing and supervising all phases of the emergency medical services program operated under the plan and the emergency medical services practitioners performing under the plan. DHS 118.03(25)(b)(b) Establishing standard operating protocols for emergency medical services practitioners performing under the plan.