La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-9489

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024
Section I-9489 - Organization and Staffing
A. The organization of the respiratory care services shall be appropriate to the scope and complexity of the services offered. There shall be a director of the service who shall have the administrative authority and responsibility for implementing the hospital's policies. The director shall be a doctor of medicine or osteopathy with the knowledge, experience and capabilities to supervise and administer the services properly. The director may serve on either a full-time or part-time basis.
B. There shall be adequate numbers of respiratory therapists, respiratory therapy technicians and other personnel who meet the qualifications specified by the medical staff and approved by the governing body, consistent with Louisiana law.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-9489

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Office of the Secretary, Bureau of Health Services Financing LR 21:177 (February 1995), amended LR 29:2424 (November 2003).
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:2100-2115.