Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XLIX - Nursing Facility Administrators
Chapter 13 - Complaints and Hearing Procedures
Section XLIX-1303 - Hearing Procedures

A. The board, the designated committee, or the hearing officer may hold a preliminary or formal hearing within 90 days of receipt of a written signed complaint. The board may receive the preliminary and/or formal hearing report at the following regularly scheduled or special meeting.

B. A copy of the charge, together with notice of the time and place of the formal hearing, shall be served on the accused at least 10 days before the date fixed for the hearing.

C. Where personal service cannot be effected and such fact is certified under oath by any person duly authorized to make legal service, the board shall cause to be published twice in each of two successive weeks, a notice of the formal hearing in a newspaper published in the parish in which the accused was last known to reside, and, on or before the date of the first publication. A copy of the charges and such notice shall be mailed to the accused at his last known address.

D. When publication of the notice is necessary, the date of the formal hearing shall be not less than 10 days after the last day of publication of the notice.

E. Upon receipt of a preliminary hearing report the board may:

F. Upon receipt of a formal hearing report the board may:

G. The board, in its discretion, may direct a rehearing or take additional evidence, and may rescind or affirm the prior determination after such rehearing, but nothing in the subdivision shall preclude appropriate relief under and pursuant to the laws of the state providing for the review of administrative determination by the courts of the state, as specifically outlined in R.S. 49:959.