Section 40:2172 - Certificates; applications; feesA. All health care facilities offering trauma care services may be certified on a voluntary basis.B. Application for certification shall be made by a health care facility to the department upon forms furnished by the department. Upon determination that the facility is in compliance with the minimum requirements for certification as established by the department, the department shall issue a certificate for such period as may be provided for in the published regulations of the department.C. There shall be a certification fee of two hundred dollars for any certificate issued in accordance with the provisions of this Part, renewable every three years.La. Public Health and Safety § 40:2172