La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-4203
A. Definitions. As used in this Chapter:
Board- the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.
Financial Interest- a significant ownership or investment interest established through debt, equity, or other means and held, directly or indirectly, by a physician or a member of a physician's immediate family, or any form of direct or indirect remuneration for referral.
Group Practice- a group of two or more physicians legally organized as a general partnership, registered limited liability partnership, professional medical corporation, limited liability company, foundation, nonprofit corporation, faculty practice plan, or similar organization or association:
a. in which each physician who is a member of the group provides substantially the full range of services which the physician routinely provides, including medical or podiatric care, consultation, diagnosis, or treatment, through the joint use of shared office space, facilities, equipment, and personnel;
b. for which substantially all of the services of the physicians who are members of the group are provided through the group and are billed under a billing number assigned to the group and amounts so received are treated as receipts of the group;
c. in which the overhead expenses of and the income from the practice are distributed in accordance with methods previously determined;
d. in which no physician who is a member of the group directly or indirectly receives compensation based on the volume or value of referrals by the physician, except payment of a share of the overall profits of the group, which may include a productivity bonus based on services personally performed or services incident to such personally performed services, so long as the share of profits or bonus is not determined in any manner which is directly related to the volume or value of referrals by such physician;
e. in which members of the group personally conduct no less than 75 percent of the physician-patient encounters of the group practice; and
f. in the case of a faculty practice plan associated with a hospital, institution of higher education, or medical school with an approved medical residency training program in which physician members may provide a variety of different specialty services and provide professional services both within and outside the group, as well as perform other tasks such as research, solely with respect to services provided within such faculty practice plan.
Health Care Item- any substance, product, device, equipment, supplies, or other tangible good or article which is or may be used or useful in the provision of health care.
Health Care Provider- any person licensed by a department, board, commission, or other agency of the state of Louisiana to provide, or which does in fact provide, preventive, diagnostic, or therapeutic health care services or items.
Immediate Family- as respects a physician, the physician's spouse, children, parents, and siblings.
Investment Interest- a security issued by an entity, including, without limitation, shares in a corporation, interests in or units of a partnership, bonds, debentures, notes, or other debt instruments.
Payment- the tender, transfer, distribution, exchange, or provision of money, goods, services, or anything of economic value.
Person- includes a natural person or a partnership, corporation, organization, association, facility, institution, or any governmental subdivision, department, board, commission, or other entity.
Physician- includes a doctor of medicine or a doctor of podiatric medicine.
Referral- any direction, recommendation, or suggestion given by a health care provider to a patient, directly or indirectly, which is likely to determine, control, or influence the patient's choice of another health care provider for the provision of health care services or items.
Remuneration for Referral- any arrangement or scheme, involving any remuneration, directly or indirectly, in cash or in kind, between a physician, or an immediate family member of such physician, and another health care provider which is intended to induce referrals by the physician to the health care provider or by the health care provider to the physician, other than any amount paid by an employer to an employee who has a bona fide employment relationship with the employer, for employment in the furnishing of any health care item or service.
B. Construction. Masculine terms wheresoever used in this Chapter shall be deemed to include the feminine.
La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-4203