641—21.5 (135) Method and frequency of reporting.
	 21.5(1) Hospitals shall report, electronically or on a paper form prescribed or approved by the agency, the required information for any reportable case of traumatic brain or spinal cord injury within 45 days after the end of the quarter during which the patient was discharged, transferred to another acute care hospital, or pronounced dead in the emergency department.
	 21.5(2) Reports that are submitted electronically shall meet the data quality, format, and timeliness standards prescribed by the agency which are described in the manual, available from the agency, for completing the brain and spinal cord injury registry reporting form.