La. Admin. Code tit. 37 § III-1921

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section III-1921 - Vehicles

A. The fund will provide and/or fund the cost of standard modified vehicles or specialized modified vehicles to patients entitled to receive future medical care and related benefits under §1921, when ownership and use of such vehicles are reasonably necessary in providing reasonable medical, surgical, hospitalization, physical rehabilitation, or custodial services made necessary by the health care provider's malpractice. The vehicles described herein are standard model, modified passenger vehicles of domestic manufacture or standard model, modified vans of domestic manufacture. Alternatively, and at the fund's option, the fund will provide and/or fund modifications to the patient's vehicle when such modifications are reasonably necessary in the provision of such services.

B. The choice of vehicle, vendor of the vehicle, modifications thereto, and inclusion or exclusion of option items on these vehicles will be at the sole discretion of the fund.

C. The fund will not provide nor fund the cost of any type of insurance for any such vehicle and will not provide nor fund the maintenance or operating costs on any vehicle modified by the fund or provided by the fund. The fund will fund repairs to the handicap modifications to the vehicle, unless such damage was intentional.

La. Admin. Code tit. 37, § III-1921

Promulgated by the Office of the Governor, Patients' Compensation Fund Oversight Board, LR 19:1568 (December 1993), amended by the Office of the Governor, Division of Administration, Patients' Compensation Fund Oversight Board, LR 38:2547 (October 2012).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1299.44(D)(3).