Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 41 - Expedited Licensing Process for Healthcare Facilities and Providers Licensed by the Department of Health
Section I-4107 - Expedited Licensing Survey Types and Tiers

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-4107

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

A. The fees associated with the expedited licensing process shall be assessed according to the following tiers.

1. Tier 1. Expedited licensing fee is set at $7,000.

2. Tier 2. Expedited licensing fee is set at $6,000.

3. Tier 3. Expedited licensing fee is set at $5,000.

B. Tier 1 expedited licensing processes include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. initial licensing of a hospital or off-site location of a hospital;

2. licensing of a replacement facility or location (or relocation) of the main campus of a hospital;

3. licensing of a replacement facility or location (or relocation) of an off-site campus of a hospital that has any of the following:
a. licensed beds;

b. surgical services; or

c. an emergency department; and

4. initial licensing of the following:
a. an ambulatory surgical center (ASC);

b. an end stage renal disease (ESRD) facility;

c. a rural health clinic (RHC);

d. a nursing facility (NF); or

e. a home and community-based services (HCBS) provider or an off-site or satellite location of the provider.

C. Tier 2 expedited licensing processes include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. initial licensing of the following:
a. an adult residential care provider (ARCP) level 1, 2, 3 or 4;

b. a crisis receiving center (CRC);

c. an intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD);

d. a pediatric day health care (PDHC) facility;

e. a home health agency (HHA) or an off-site or satellite location of a HHA;

f. a hospice agency, an off-site or satellite location of a hospice agency or an inpatient hospice facility;

g. a psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF);

h. a therapeutic group home (TGH);

i. a behavioral health services provider (BHSP);

j. an adult day health care (ADHC) facility;

k. a forensic supervised transitional residential and aftercare (FSTRA) facility;

l. a pain management clinic (PMC);

m. an adult brain injury (ABI) facility;

n. an emergency medical transportation services (EMTS) provider; or

o. any other provider or facility licensed by LDH;

2. licensing of a replacement facility or location (or relocation) of the following:
a. an ASC;

b. an ESRD facility;

c. an RHC;

d. a CRC;

e. a NF; or

f. an HCBS provider or an off-site or satellite location of the provider; and

3. licensing of additional units, services or beds, or other action at an existing licensed hospital, ASC, ESRD facility or NF that requires a physical environment survey.

D. Tier 3 expedited licensing processes include, but are not limited to, the following:

1. licensing of a replacement facility (or relocation) for the following:
a. an ICF/DD;

b. a PDHC;

c. an ADHC facility;

d. an ARCP level 1, 2, 3 or 4;

e. an HHA or an off-site or satellite location of a HHA;

f. a hospice agency or an off-site or satellite location of hospice agency or an inpatient hospice facility;

g. a PRTF;

h. a TGH;

i. a BHSP;

j. a FSTRA facility;

k. a PMC;

l. an ABI facility; or

m. any other provider or facility licensed by LDH; and

2. licensing additional units, services, beds, or other action an existing licensed ICF/DD, PDHC, HCBS provider, ADHC center, ARCP (levels 1, 2, 3 and 4), PRTF, TGH, BHSP, CRC, FSTRA facility, ABI facility, or other provider or facility licensed by the department that requires a physical environment survey, or a fleet addition for an EMTS provider.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2006.2.

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