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Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERALPart I - General AdministrationSubpart 3 - Licensing and CertificationChapter 52 - Pediatric Day Health Care Facilities
Subchapter B - Licensing Procedures
Section I-5205 - General Provisions

La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-5205

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Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section I-5205 - General Provisions
A. All pediatric day health care facilities must be licensed by the department. A PDHC facility shall not be established, opened, operated, managed, maintained, or conducted in this state without a current valid license issued by the Department of Health and Hospitals (DHH). DHH is the only licensing authority for PDHC Facilities in the state of Louisiana. It shall be unlawful to operate a PDHC facility without possessing a current, valid license by DHH. Each PDHC facility shall be separately licensed.
B. A parent or legal guardian or legally responsible person providing care to a medically fragile child in his/her home or any other extended care or long term care facility is not considered to be a PDHC facility and shall not be licensed as a PDHC facility.
C. A PDHC license shall:
1. be issued only to the person or entity named in the license application;
2. be valid only for the facility to which it is issued and only for the specific geographic address of that facility;
3. be valid for one year from the date of issuance, unless revoked, suspended, modified, or terminated prior to that date, or unless a provisional license is issued;
4. expire on the last day of the twelfth month after the date of issuance, unless timely renewed by the PDHC facility;
5. not be subject to sale, assignment, donation, or other transfer, whether voluntary or involuntary; and
6. be posted in a conspicuous place on the licensed premises at all times.
D. In order for the PDHC facility to be considered operational and retain licensed status, the facility shall meet the following conditions.
1. The PDHC facility shall always have at least two employees, one of whom is an RN, on duty at the facility location during operational hours.
2. There shall be staff employed and available to be assigned to provide care and services to each child during all operational hours. Services rendered shall be consistent with the medical needs of each child.
3. The PDHC facility shall have provided services to at least two children in the preceding 12 month period in order to be eligible to renew its license.
E. The licensed PDHC facility shall abide by and adhere to any state law, rules, policy, procedure, manual, or memorandums pertaining to such facilities.
F. A separately licensed PDHC facility shall not use a name which is substantially the same as the name of another such facility licensed by the department, unless such PDHC facility is under common ownership with other PDHC facilities.
G. No branches, satellite locations or offsite campuses shall be authorized for a PDHC facility.
H. The PDHC facility shall provide for the installation and operation of cameras that record both video and audio at its licensed premises.
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La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-5205

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 35:2761 (December 2009), Amended by the Department of Health, Bureau of Health Services Financing, LR 482973 (12/1/2022).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:2193-40:2193.4.