Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 46 - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS
Part XLV - Medical Professions
Subpart 3 - Practice
Chapter 42 - Illegal Payments; Required Disclosures of Financial Interests ; Prohibition on Rural Physician Self-Referral
Subchapter B - Disclosure of Financial Interests in Third-Party Health Care Providers
Section XLV-4211 - Required Disclosure of Financial Interest
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Mandatory Disclosure. A physician shall not make any referral of a patient outside the physician's group practice for the provision of health care items or services by another health care provider in which the referring physician has a financial interest (as defined by §4203. A.3 and §4211 B), unless, in advance of any such referral, the referring physician discloses to the patient, in accordance with §4215 of this Chapter, the existence and nature of such financial interest.
B. Special Definition: Significant Financial Interest. As to a physician, an ownership or investment interest shall be considered "significant," within the meaning of §4211 A, if such interest satisfies any of the following tests.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1744 and 37:1270(B)(6).
