Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A.
Pursuant to
R.S.
37:1018-1020 et seq., all health care entities
licensed and/or certified by the Health Standards Section of LDH including, but
not limited to, those specified in
§8803.B 1-25 shall:
1. register with the National Council of
State Boards of Nursings (NCSBN) Nursys e-Notify system; and
2. provide required nurse data for collection
of aggregate data from employees on the number and geographic representation of
registered nurses (RNs) and licensed practical nurses/licensed vocational
nurses (LPNs/LVNs) employed in Louisiana practicing pursuant to a multi-state
or single state license, as determined by the Louisiana State Board of Nursing
(LSBN) and the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nurse Examiners
(LSBPNE).
B. Once
registered, the licensed facility/agency, the LSBN and the LSBPNE shall have
real-time access to nurse licensure verification including expirations,
upcoming renewals and discipline from all nurse licensure compact states. The
real-time notifications shall be delivered to employer inboxes automatically
and immediately available to the requisite nursing boards prior to an RN or
LPN/LVN furnishing any such services in one or more of the following licensed
and/or certified health care facilities and agencies:
1. nursing facilities (NF);
2. home health agencies (HHA);
3. hospice agencies;
4. emergency medical transportation services
(EMTS);
5. behavioral health
services (BHS) providers;
6. home
and community-based services (HCBS) providers;
7. adult day health care (ADHC)
providers;
8. intermediate care
facility for people with developmental disabilities (ICF-DD);
9. adult residential care providers
(ARCP);
10. hospitals;
11. rural health clinics (RHC);
12. outpatient physical therapy (OPT)
clinics;
13. comprehensive
outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORF);
14. pediatric day health care (PDHC)
facilities;
15. end stage renal
disease (ESRD) clinics;
16.
federally qualified health centers (FQHC);
17. forensic supervised transitional
residential and aftercare (FSTRA) facilities;
18. psychiatric residential treatment
facilities (PRTF);
19. therapeutic
group homes (TGH);
20. ambulatory
surgical centers (ASC);
21.
outpatient abortion facilities (OAF);
22. support coordination agencies
(SCA);
23. adult brain injury (ABI)
facilities;
24. community mental
health centers (CMHC); and
25.
portable x-ray providers.
AUTHORITY NOTE:
Promulgated in accordance with
R.S.
36:254 and
R.S.
37:1018-1020.
