Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A.
Except as may otherwise be required by the Louisiana Public Records Law (La.
R.S.
44:1 et seq.), any statement of deficiencies
issued by the department to the ambulance service/provider shall be available
for disclosure to the public 30 days after the ambulance service/provider
submits an acceptable plan of correction or 90 days after the statement of
deficiencies is issued to the ambulance service/provider, whichever occurs
first.
1. A statement of deficiencies shall:
a. cite the law or rule of the
deficiency,
b. be reviewed and
signed by a representative of the ambulance service/provider on the day of the
inspection, and
c. be delivered,
during the exit interview at the time of the survey or by registered mail,
return receipt requested, to the ambulance service/provider representative and
administrator/chief of EMS no later than two business days following the
surveys.
B.
Unless otherwise provided in statute or in these licensing provisions, an
ambulance service/provider shall have the right to an informal reconsideration
of the deficiencies cited as a result of a survey or investigation.
1. Correction of the violation,
noncompliance, or deficiency shall not be the basis for the
reconsideration.
2. The informal
reconsideration of the deficiencies shall be requested in writing within 10
calendar days of receipt of the statement of deficiencies, unless otherwise
provided in these standards.
3. The
request for informal reconsiderations of the deficiencies shall be made to the
department's Bureau of EMS and will be considered timely if received by the
Bureau of EMS within 30 calendar days of the ambulance service's/provider's
receipt of the statement of deficiencies.
4. If a timely request for an informal
reconsideration is received, the department shall schedule and conduct the
informal reconsideration.
NOTE: Informal reconsideration of the results of a
complaint investigation are conducted as desk reviews.
5. The ambulance service/provider shall be
notified in writing via registered mail, return receipt of the results of the
informal reconsideration.
6. Except
as provided for complaint surveys pursuant to
R.S.
40:2009.13 et seq., and as provided in these
licensing provisions for initial license denials, revocations and denial of
license renewals in accordance with the provision of §6027, the decision of the
informal reconsideration team shall be the final administrative decision
regarding the deficiencies.
7. The
request for an informal reconsideration of any deficiencies cited as a result
of a survey or investigation does not delay submission of the required plan of
correction within the prescribed timeframe.
AUTHORITY
NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
36:254,
R.S.
40:1135.1 and
R.S.
40:1135.2.
