Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 91 - Minimum Standards for Home Health Agencies
Section I-9111 - Denial, Revocation or Denial of License Renewal

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-9111

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

A. Denial of Licensure Applications. If an agency's license is revoked or denied renewal, no other HHA license application shall be accepted from that agency for approval by the department for two years from the date of the revocation or denial of renewal of the license.

B. Grounds for Denial or Revocation of License. The LDH may deny an application for a license, refuse to renew a license or revoke a license in accordance with R.S. 40:2116.36 and 40:2116.37.

C. Grounds for Immediate Denial or Revocation. A license shall be immediately denied or revoked if the department determines that the agency either knowingly and willfully or through gross negligence allowed or directed actions which resulted in:

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3. failure to protect patients or persons in the community from the harmful actions of the agency employees including, but not limited to coercion, threat, intimidation, solicitation and harassment;

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7. bribery, harassment, or intimidation of any person designed to cause that person to use the services of any particular HHA;

8. pleading guilty or nolo contendere to a felony, or being convicted of a felony by an owner, administrator, officer, director, or clinical manager as documented by a certified copy of the record of the court of conviction. If the applicant is a firm or corporation, a license may also be immediately denied or revoked when any of its members, officers, or the person designated to manage or supervise the home care has been convicted of a felony. For purposes of this Paragraph, conviction of a felony means and includes:
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D. Additional Grounds for Denial or Revocation. A license may be denied, revoked or not renewed for failure to correct any violation of law and regulation for which a provisional license may have been issued under R.S. 40:2116.31, et seq.

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254 and R.S. 40:2116.31 et seq.

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