Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. All
HCBS provider's shall have a business location in the LDH region for which the
license is issued. The business location shall be a part of the physical
geographic licensed location and shall be where the provider:
1. maintains staff to perform administrative
functions;
2. maintains and stores
the provider's personnel records;
3. maintains and stores the provider's client
service records;
4. holds itself
out to the public as being a location for receipt of client referrals;
and
5. after initial licensure,
consistently provides services to at least two client's.
EXCEPTION: Adult Day Care shall have 10 or more client's
pursuant to
R.S.
40:2120.2(4)(e).
B. The business
location shall have:
1. a separate entrance
and exit from any other entity, business or trade;
2. signage that is easily viewable indicating
the provider's legal or trade name, address and day's and hours of business
operation as stated in the provider's license application.
a. Any planned deviation of the provider's
day's and hours of operation shall be reported to the Health Standards Section
within five business day's.
b. Any
unplanned deviation of provider's day's and hours of operation shall be
reported to the Health Standards Section within two business day's.
C. The HCBS provider
shall operate independently from any other business or entity, and shall not
operate office space with any other business or entity.
1. The HCBS provider may share common areas
with another business or entity. Common areas include foyers, kitchens,
conference rooms, hallways, stairs, elevators or escalators when used to
provide access to the provider's separate entrance.
a. Repealed.
2. Records or other confidential information
shall not be stored in areas deemed to be common areas.
3. - 7. Repealed.
D. The business location shall:
1. be commercial office space or, if located
in a residential area, be zoned for appropriate commercial use and shall be
used solely for the operation of the business;
a. the business location shall not be located
in an occupied personal residence;
2. have approval for occupancy from the
Office of the State Fire Marshal and the Office of Public Health if located at
the same address as an adult day care center or center-based respite;
3. have a published telephone number which is
available and accessible 24 hours a day, 7 day's a week, including
holiday's;
4. have a business fax
number that is operational 24 hours a day, 7 day's a week;
a. - f. Repealed.
5. have internet access and a working e-mail
address;
a. the e-mail address shall be
provided to the department as well as any changes to the e-mail address within
five working day's to assure that the department has current contact
information;
b. the e-mail address
shall be monitored by the provider on an ongoing basis to receive communication
from the department;
6.
have space for storage of client records either electronically or in paper form
or both in an area that is secure, safe from hazards and does not breach
confidentiality of protected health information.
7. - 12. Repealed.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
36:254 and
R.S.
40:2120.1.
