Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 67 - Free-Standing Birth Centers
Subchapter C - Admissions, Transfers and Discharges
Section I-6755 - Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License Appeals

A. Denial, Suspension, or Revocation of License. The director may deny, suspend, or revoke a license when he finds that there has been a substantial failure by the applicant or licensee to comply with requirements of R.S. 40:2101 through 2109 or the rules, regulations, and minimum standards adopted by the council with approval of the board; provided in all such cases the director shall furnish the applicant or licensee thirty (30) calendar days written notice specifying reasons for the action.

B. Conditions Under Which Appeal May be Taken. Any applicant or licensee who feel aggrieved by the action of the director in denying, suspending, or revoking a license shall have the right, within 30 calendar days from the date the notice required in Section A above is received by him, to appeal suspensively from the action of the director by filing in the office of the director within such 30-day period a written request addressed to the director asking for a hearing by the Appeals Board specified in R.S. 40:2110 B, which appeal or request for a hearing shall specify in detail reasons why the appeal is lodged and why the appellant feels aggrieved by the action of the director.

C. If a license is denied or revoked, the applicant has the right to appeal as specified within the law. The appeal procedure is subject to modifications according to the Administrative Procedure Act LSR 49:951-968.