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 C - Prohibition on Rural Physician Self Referral
Section XLV-4235 - Physician Prohibitions
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Except as provided in §4337 of this Subchapter, no physician shall make a referral to any healthcare facility for the receipt of healthcare services in which the referring physician or an immediate family member of the referring physician maintains a direct or indirect ownership interest. The prohibition contained in this Section shall only apply if both of the following conditions are met:
B. No physician who refers a patient to a healthcare facility in contravention of this Section shall bill any patient, third party payer, or any other entity for healthcare services provided by the physician to the patient at the time during which the referral was made in violation of this Section.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1270, R.S. 37:1306-1310.
