Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 3 - Licensing and Certification
Chapter 93 - Hospitals
Subchapter R - Psychiatric Services (Optional)
Section I-9495 - General Provisions

Universal Citation: LA Admin Code I-9495

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

A. These requirements are applicable to those hospitals which are primarily engaged in providing psychiatric services for the diagnosis and treatment of mentally ill persons or have organized a physically and functionally distinct part unit within the hospital to provide these services. Pediatric and adolescent psychiatric units shall be physically separated from adult psychiatric units. Facilities without separate pediatric and adolescent units shall have policies and procedures that prevent adult patients from co-mingling with pediatric and/or adolescent psychiatric patients.

B. For psychiatric services/facilities that have multiple geographic locations, each geographical site shall meet the requirements in §9497, §9499 and §9501

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:2100-2115.

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