Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part I - General Administration
Subpart 5 - Health Planning
Chapter 113 - State Health Policy Analysis
Subchapter A - Statutory Sources for Louisiana Health Policy
Section I-11305 - Conclusion

Table 8.1

Health Related Statutes Concerning Resource Development

Policy Area : Quality Assurance

Target Area

Statutory

Reference

Objective

Statutory Provisions

Licensing of Health Care Professionals

R.S. 37:491

To provide a cosmetology licensing procedure.

Creates the Louisiana State Board of Cosmetology to regulate and license the field of cosmetology. Authorizes the Board to create the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing procedure.

R.S. 37:753

To provide for the licensing of dentists and dental hy gienists.

Creates Louisiana Board of Dentistry to examine and license qualified applicants in the fields of den tistry and dental hygienics. Authorizes the Board to create the necessary rules and regulations compromising the licensing procedure.

R.S. 37:611-612

To provide for the licensing of podiatrists.

Authorizes the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to examine and license qualified candidates for the practice of podiatry. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing procedure.

R.S. 37:831

To provide for the licensing of embalmers and funeral directors.

Creates the Louisiana State Board of Embalmers and Funeral Directors. Authorizes the Board to examine and license qualified applicants in embalming and funeral directing. Assigns to the Board the task of creating and enforcing the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing procedure. Authorizes the Board to regulate funeral homes and other places that care for the dead.

R.S. 37:911-913

To provide for the licensing of registered and practical nurses.

Authorizes the Louisiana State Board of Nursing to examine and license qualified registered nurse applicants and approve schools of nursing in Louisiana. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing and approval procedure.

Authorizes the Louisiana State Board of Practical Nursing to examine and license qualified practical nurse applicants and approve schools of practical nursing in Louisiana.

Authorizes the Board to create the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing and accrediting procedure.

R.S. 37:1021-1025

To provide non-licensed but trained medication attendants to facilities operated by the Office of Mental Retardation-Developmental Disabilities.

Establishes criteria necessary to qualify as a medication attendant in a facility operated by the Office of Mental Retardation-Development Disabilities.

R.S. 37:1041-1042

To provide for the licensing of optometrists.

Creates the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners to examine and license qualified candidates for the practice of optometry. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing procedure.

R.S. 37:1184, 1204

To provide for the licensing of pharmacists.

Creates the Louisiana State Board of Pharmacy. Authorizes the Board to examine and license qualified candidates for the practice of pharmacy. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function.

R.S. 37:1261-1292

To provide for the licensing of physicians.

Creates the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to examine and license qualified applicants for the practice of medicine in Louisiana. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function.

R.S. 37:1360.21-1360.27

To provide for the licensing of physician's trained assistants.

Authorizes the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to create the necessary rules and regulations governing the certification of physician's trained assistants.

R.S. 37:1518, 1520, 1533

To provide for the licensing of veterinarians.

Authorizes the Board of Veterinary Medicine to examine and license qualified candidates for the practice of veterinary medicine. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function.

R.S. 37:2102

To provide for the licensing of sanitarians.

Creates the Louisiana State Board of Examiners for Sanitarians. Authorizes the Board to examine and license applicants wishing to become sanitarians. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function.

R.S. 37:2356, 2353, 2360

To provide for the licensing of psychologists.

Creates the Louisiana State Board of Examiners of Psychologists. Authorizes the Board to examine and certify qualified applicants for the practice of psychology. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function.

R.S. 37:2403

To provide for the licensing of physical therapists.

Authorizes the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to examine and license qualified candidates for the practice of physical therapy. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function. Directs that licensed physical therapists must work under the direction of a licensed physician.

R.S. 37:2443

To provide for the licensing of hearing aid dealers.

Creates the Louisiana Board of Hearing Aid Dealers. Authorizes the Board to examine and license persons selling or maintaining any type of hearing aid.

R.S. 37:2503, 2510

To provide for the licensing of nursing home administrators.

Creates Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators. The Board is authorized to examine and license nursing home administrators.

R.S. 37:2654

To provide for the licensing of speech pathologists and audiologists.

Creates Louisiana Board of Examiners of Speech Pathology and Audiology. Authorizes the Board to examine and license qualified candidates for the practice of speech pathology or audiology. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function.

R.S. 37:2704

To provide for the licensing of social workers.

Creates the Louisiana State Board of Board Certified Social Work Examiners. Authorizes the Board to examine and license qualified candidates for the practice of social work. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function.

R.S. 37:2802, 2805

To provide for the licensing of chiropractors.

Creates Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners. Authorizes the Board to examine and license qualified candidates for the practice of chiropractic medicine. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function.

R.S. 37:3004

To provide for the licensing of occupational therapists and assistants.

Authorizes the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners to examine and license candidates for practice as occupational therapist and occupational therapist assistant.

Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function.

R.S. 37:3071

To provide for the licensing of electrologists.

Creates the State Board of Electrolysis Examiners. Authorizes the Board to examine and license candidates for the practice of electrolysis. Authorizes the Board to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing function.

Licensing/ Regulation of Health Care Facilities and Services

R.S. 28:424(A)

To provide for the licensing of residential living options or mental retardation and disabilities services.

Requires that each application for licensure to provide residential living options or mental retardation and developmental disabilities services by a public or private provider shall be made to DHHR on forms furnished by the Division of Licensing and Certification and shall include information required for health planning.

R.S. 28:567

To provide for the licensing of facilities for the men tally retarded.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Re sources to license facilities for the mentally retarded and to create the necessary rules and regulations that comprise the licensing procedure.

R.S. 28:567

To provide for the licensing of mental health clinics.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to license public or private mental health clinics and to create the necessary rules and regulations that comprise the licensing procedure. Forbids the operation of unlicensed mental health clinics.

R.S. 40:1058.1

To provide for the licensing of comprehensive care and of component centers for alcoholic and drug dependent persons.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to regulate and license comprehensive care and component centers. Authorizes the department to create and enforce the necessary rules and

regulations comprising the licensing function.

R.S. 40:1142, 1144

To provide for the certification of supervisors operating the water supply and sewage systems.

Authorizes the State Health Officer - Secretary of

Department of Health and Human Resources to

appoint a Committee of Certification whose function is the certification of supervisors operating water supply and sewage systems.

R.S. 40:1231-1236

To provide for the establishment of occupational qualifications for ambulance operators and advanced emergency technicians.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to certify ambulance operators. Establishes the qualifications that ambulance operators and persons employed in any capacity on any ambulance must meet. Establishes the minimum essential equipment that an ambulance is expected to carry. Defines the duties of advanced emergency technicians.

R.S. 40:1299.31-34

To provide for the regulation and control of abortion.

Requires that abortions be performed only by physicians in hospitals or licensed abortion facilities. Requires physician completed reports on each performed or induced abortion.

R.S. 40:1299.41-48

To provide for the regulation of malpractice claims.

Establishes a Medical Review Panel to oversee malpractice claims. Requires malpractice insurers to report to the relevant licensing board, information on malpractice claims paid by insurers.

R.S. 40:2104, 2140, 2009.1-9

To provide for the regulation of nursing homes.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to study federal regulations and standards with regard to nursing homes and promulgate rules and regulations for Louisiana that are consistent with the federal government's rules and regulations. Authorizes the Department to prescribe and publish minimum nursing home standards. Forbids nursing homes to operate without a license issued by the Department. Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate and enforce rules for the regulation and licensing of home health agencies. Provides for denial of the application for initial licensure unless certain criteria, including documentation of need, are met.

R.S. 40:2009.31-40

To provide for the licensure and regulation of home health agencies.

Authorizes the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate and enforce rules for the regulation and licensing of home health agencies. Provides for denial of the application for initial licensure unless certain criteria, including documentation of need, are met.

R.S. 40:2017.3 and R.S. 40:2017.6-7R.S. 28:478

To provide for the establishment and enforcement of minimum hospital standards.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to prescribe through regulations and rules the minimum maintenance and operation standards a hospital, which has received or may receive federal aid for construction, must meet. Authorizes DHHR to accept funds to carry out purposes of the Chapter and requires the department to notify each legislator whose district encompasses the proposed location of any facility scheduled for a public hearing to review the application for a finding of conformity pursuant to the provisions of Section 1122 of the Social Security Act prior to the public hearing.

Authorizes the department to enforce all rules, standards, regulations, and orders it issues with regard to hospitals in Louisiana.

R.S. 40:2109

To provide for the establishment and enforcement of hospital patient care standards, and of hospital construction, maintenance, and operation.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate rules, regulations and minimum standards governing the operation and maintenance of hospitals.

R.S. 40: 2018

To provide for the classification and licensing of obstetrical and neonatal units.

Establishes the Commission on Perinatal Care within the Department of Health and Human Resources. The Commission is authorized to develop a plan for upgrading perinatal care in Louisiana. The Commission is also to develop criteria for classifying and certifying obstetrical and neonatal units.

R.S. 40: 2131-2141

To provide for the regulation and licensing of ambulatory surgical centers.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to develop, establish, and enforce standards of care for individuals in ambulatory surgical centers. These centers provide surgical care which does not require an overnight inpatient admission.

Authorizes the Department to license these centers and establish the requisite rules, regulations, and minimum standards. Specifies that confidentiality of information is not to include information on the licensing form.

Regulation of the Manufacture and Sale or Distribution of Goods

R.S. 37:1178

To provide for drug quality control.

Authorizes the Board of Pharmacy to inspect pharmacies and other places that sell drugs.

R.S. 40:601-603, 621

To provide for regulation of the quality of food, drugs, and cosmetics.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources and the Department of Agriculture to regulate the quality of food, drugs, and cosmetics. Empowers these departments with the right to promulgate and enforce rules and regulations governing the manufacturing and provision of food, drugs, and cosmetics to the public. This authority includes the

power to carry out investigations when the department deems it necessary.

R.S. 40:951-2

To provide for the proper identification of poisons.

Requires that manufacturers and distributors of poison properly identify and label containers of

poison.

R.S. 40:961-1026

To provide for the regulation of controlled substances.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to license and regulate the manufacturing, distributing, or dispensing of controlled dangerous substances. Establishes five schedules of controlled substances and provides specific penalties for the unlawful manufacturing and distribution of controlled substances.

R.S. 51:915

To provide for the inspection of premises in which bedding, upholstered furniture, etc. is manufactured or repaired, and the licensing of persons involved.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to inspect premises in which bedding or upholstered furniture is manufactured or repaired, and the licensing of persons involved. Authorizes the Department to create and enforce the necessary rules and regulations comprising the licensing

function.

R.S. 40:1241-1242

To provide for the regulation of public and private markets.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to regulate the location and operation of all public and private markets and to carry out inspections as part of the regulation process.

R.S. 40:1295

To provide for the regulation of the usage of shoe fitting machines.

Limits the use of such devices to persons licensed to use diagnostic or therapeutic radiation.

R.S. 40:2271-2275

To provide for intrastate inspection of meat and poultry products so as to prevent the intrastate commerce of adulterated meat and poultry.

Authorizes the Commissioner of Agriculture to require antemortem inspection of all cattle. Authorizes the Commissioner to provide for postmortem examinations of animal carcasses that are to be used as food. Establishes sanitation rules governing meat and meat food product preparation.

Manpower

R.S. 17:1606-1607

To provide for physician manpower in correctional institutions and in the forensic unit of the state mental hospital system.

Provides for four year medical school scholarships at the Louisiana State University Medical School for persons agreeing to serve, upon graduation, as a physician in a correctional institution for a two year period. Provides for four year medical school scholarships to persons recommended by the director of the forensic unit at East Louisiana State Hospital at Jackson. These persons must agree to serve, upon graduation, as a physician at the forensic unit for a two year period.

R.S. 37:1011

To provide for the upgrading of faculty at approved schools of nursing.

Creates a stipendiary educational program which provides stipends for nursing faculty seeking a or doctorate.

R.S. 37:1360.21-1360.24

To provide an increased supply of health manpower.

Establishes a framework for the legal recognition and development of a new category of health professional to be known as a physician's trained assistant. Supervising physicians delegate certain health care tasks to these assistants.

R.S. 37:2819-2825

To provide an adequate supply of chiropractors.

Creates annual chiropractic scholarships administered by the Louisiana Board of Chiropractic Examiners.

R.S. 40:1231.1, 6, 7, 8, 9

R.S. 40:1232

To provide an adequate supply of emergency medical technicians.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to provide an emergency medical technician training course.

R.S. 40:2017.5

To provide for an adequate supply of nurses.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to promote nurse education. This includes working with public and private agencies as well as establishing schools of nursing.

Health Facilities

R.S. 17:3051-3060

To provide for prompt and efficient medical care in modern well-equipped facilities. To promote physical and mental health education activities in various public and private medical institutions and organizations within Louisiana.

Creates Health Education Authority of Louisiana (H.E.A.L.) within the Department of Health and Human Resources. This Authority is empowered to plan, coordinate, finance, construct, and attract health facilities to a specific geographic area in New Orleans.

R.S. 46:1077, 1055(8)

To provide for the administration and organization of parish hospitals. To provide for the general public health.

Authorizes parish police juries to create Hospital Districts which are to own and operate hospitals serving those in need of hospital care. These districts are to promote the general public health.

R.S. 40:2017.2-2017.4

To provide a mechanism for carrying out the Federal Hospital Survey and Construction Act. To provide for the maintenance and operation of hospitals. To provide for additional hospitals when they are needed.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to carry out the provisions of the Federal Hospital Survey and Construction Act. In addition, the department is authorized to develop and adopt a state plan for the construction of medical facilities. Authorizes the department to issue regulations prescribing minimum hospital maintenance and operation standards. These standards apply only to hospitals which have or which may receive federal construction aid under the federal act and the state hospital construction plan.

Authorizes the department to assess through surveys, Louisiana's need for additional hospitals. Newly established hospitals should be designed and equipped to provide medical internships and residencies.

Health Care for the Poor

R.S. 33:7501 and R.S. 40:2017

To provide the poor with access to health care.

Authorizes and empowers municipalities to offer specialized and comprehensive neighborhood health service programs that include the provision of necessary physical facilities as well as alcohol abuse problems.

R.S. 40:2113.1-2113.2

To promote medical research and training.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to establish rules and regulations regarding arrangements, contracts, etc., between the department and state colleges and universities for the purpose of promoting medical research and training. Establishes a Research and Training account to fund the training of mental health specialists.

R.S. 46:772

To promote medical education in Louisiana.

Provide the medical departments of Louisiana State University Medical School and Tulane University Medical School with free access to Charity Hospital at New Orleans, for teaching purposes.

R.S. 46:922

To provide financial assistance to medical interns and residents for the purpose of furthering their education and training.

Establishes stipends available only to interns and residents at any Charity Hospital in Louisiana.

R.S. 46:1051, 1053, 1055

To provide physicians to areas in the state with limited or no medical care.

Authorizes each parish hospital service district's Board of Commissioners to establish and administer a medical scholarship program. The program's purpose is to increase the educational opportunities available to medical students willing to practice in geographic areas where medical care is limited or unavailable.

R.S. 46:1771-1775

To provide physician manpower planning.

Establishes the Louisiana Council for Statewide Planning for Physician Manpower. The Council advises the Governor on Louisiana's need for various types of physicians, manpower education, and the geographic distribution of physicians. The Council is to recommend ways to make Louisiana an attractive place to practice medicine, particularly to physicians who have been trained in Louisiana's medical schools.

State Vital Statistics Law

R.S. 40:33

To provide a central authority that collects vital records for Louisiana. To provide for the compilation, tabulation, and analysis of data necessary for health planning and for programmatic activities.

Establishes and defines the duties of the Division of Vital Records which is within the Department of Health and Human Resources. Authorizes the Division to compile, tabulate, and analyze the collected data that is to be used for health planning and other programmatic needs.

The Mentally and Physically Handicapped

R.S. 46:1721-1726

To improve services to the mentally and physically handicapped.

Creates Commission on the Mentally and Physically Handicapped to study and examine the factors pertaining to the mentally and physically handicapped. The Commission's mandate is to increase coordination between programs serving the handicapped, and, when possible, consolidate programs. The Commission is to be composed of members representing state agencies and offices with functions bearing on the handicapped. This includes the Department of Health and Human Resources and the Department of Education.

Environmental Protection

R.S. 30:1061, 1079, 1149

To provide for environmental protection and regulation.

Creates the Department of Environmental Quality as the primary agency in the state concerned with environmental protection and regulation. Empowers the department with jurisdiction over matters affecting the regulation of air quality, noise pollution control, regulation of solid waste disposal, regulation and control of radiation and management of hazardous waste.

R.S. 30:1061, 1082-1084, 1104

To provide for the regulation, control, and maintenance of Louisiana's air quality and regulation and control of radiation.

Creates the Office of Air Quality and Nuclear Energy within the Department of Environmental Quality. Authorizes the Office to administer and enforce the Louisiana Air Control Law, the Louisiana Nuclear Energy and Radiation Control Law and the Central Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact.

R.S. 30:1061, 1121-1124, 1131-1150

To provide for the disposal and utilization of solid waste. To provide the public with protection from hazardous waste.

Creates the Office of Solid and Hazardous Waste in the Department of Environmental Quality. Authorizes the Office to administer and enforce the Louisiana Solid Waste Management and Resource Recovery Law, the Louisiana Hazardous Waste Control Law and the Louisiana Resource Recovery and Development Law. Creates the Hazardous Waste Advisory Board.

R.S. 30:1061, 1091-1094

To provide the public with protection against polluted waterways.

Creates the Office of Water Resources in the Department of Environmental Quality. Authorizes the Office to administer and enforce the Louisiana Water Control Law.

R.S. 40:1131-1137

To provide the Port of New Orleans with protection from pollution.

Prohibits the disposal of garbage in the Port of New Orleans. Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to promulgate and enforce the rules and regulations necessary to prevent the disposal of garbage into the Port and to establish guidelines for the retention and maintenance of garbage on vessels in the Port.

R.S. 40:2321-2327

To provide additional funds for water pollution control.

Authorizes the state of Louisiana to make grants to parishes, municipalities, etc., to assist in theconstruction of those portions of water pollution control projects which qualify for federal aid and assistance under the Federal Water Pollution Act.

Protection of the Public Health

R.S. 40:2-4

To provide for a State Health Officer and the administration of the state sanitary code.

Authorizes the establishment of a State Health Officer and provides a job description. Empowers the State Health Officer to execute Louisiana's sanitary laws and enforce all rules, ordinances, and regulations contained in the state sanitary code. The State Health Officer has the authority to amend the sanitary code and to adopt new provisions.

Sanitary Code Chapter II

To provide measures to control the incidence of communicable disease.

Requires that persons having knowledge of a case of a disease listed as reportable in the Sanitary Code or of any rare or exotic communicable disease or any outbreak shall report this to the State Health Officer. Provides for investigation and control measures which may be taken by the State Health Officer or a designee in such cases. Provides for specific tests to be included in a required health examination of employees and residents in day care centers and residential facilities.

R.S. 40:1275-1278

Sanitary Code Chapter III

To provide for the control of rabies.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to add to the sanitary code all provisions necessary to the control of rabies in animals. Authorizes the department to enforce the rabies provisions.

R.S. 40:1299.20-29 Sanitary Code Chapter IV

To provide for the diagnosis and treatment of lead poisoning.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to establish, in larger municipalities, programs to screen, diagnose, and treat cases of lead poisoning. This program should eliminate the sources of lead poisoning. Authorizes the systematicphysical examination of all children under the age of six and of all mentally retarded persons. Establishes a state laboratory for the detection of lead and lead poisoning. Restricts the sale and use of lead-based paint and coating materials.

Sanitary Code Chapter V

To provide protection against diseases transmitted by insects, other arthropods and rodents,

Provides specific measures to control the population of disease-bearing animals, including mosquitoes, domestic flies and other arthropods of public health and rodents, importance and rodents.

Sanitary Code Chapters VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, and XI.

To provide protection against disease caused by contaminated food, drugs and cosmetics.

Provides specific measures to regulate the selection and all handling of items intended for human consumption (including manufactured food items, baked goods and confections, bottled drinks, drugs, milk products, frozen desserts, seafood, and meat) and cosmetics.

Sanitary Code Chapters XII, XIII, and XIV.

To provide the public with protection from disease caused by contaminated drinking water. To provide water facilities with protection from pollution and to regulate water supply and sewage systems.

Authorizes the State Health Officer - Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Resources to classify all water and sewage facilities. Authorizes the State Health Officer to supervise the operation of these facilities and to prevent their unlawful pollution.

Sanitary Code Chapters XV and XVI

To provide the public with protection from disease which might be contracted and spread in inadequately constructed or badly run public lodgings and camps.

Provides specific measures to regulate the construction, level of sanitation and service provided in hotels, lodging and boarding houses and camps.

Sanitary Code Chapters XVII and XVIII

To provide individuals with protection from disease which might be contracted and spread in inadequately constructed or badly run public buildings and institutions.

Provide specific measures to regulate the construction, equipment, and level of sanitation in public buildings and governmental institutions, including schools and prisons.

Sanitary Code Chapters XIX, XX, and XXI.

To provide individuals with protection from disease which might be contracted and spread in health care, residential and day care facilities.

Provides specific measures to regulate the construction, equipment and sanitation procedures in hospitals, ambulatory surgical centers, renal dialysis centers, nursing homes, residential facilities and day care centers.

Sanitary Code Chapters XXII and XXIII

To provide individuals with protection from disease which might be contracted and spread by contaminated or spoiled food.

Provides specific measures to regulate the construction, equipment and sanitation procedures in retail food markets and eating and drinking establishments.

Sanitary Code Chapter XXIV

To provide individuals with protection from disease which might be contracted and spread in public swimming facilities.

Provides specific measures to regulate the construction, equipment and sanitation procedures for all artificial swimming pools and natural or semi-artificial swimming or bathing places other than those associated with private, single family residences.

Sanitary Code Chapters XXV

To provide individuals with protection from disease which might be contracted and spread at inadequately served mass gatherings.

Provides specific measures to assure that preparation for and operation of mass gatherings are adequate in terms of maintenance, clean, safe and sanitary condition of the grounds, sanitary facilities and other service equipment.

Sanitary Code Chapter XXVI

To provide for the disposition of dead human bodies

Provides specific procedures for the burial, transportation, disinterment and other disposition of dead human bodies.

R.S.40: 12-27

To provide for the administration and control of local sanitation matters.

Authorizes the establishment of local health units or departments to be known as parish health units. These units, administered by a local Parish Health Officer, control and administer all local matters of sanitation.

R.S. 40: 1061-1068

To provide for the detection prevention, and treatment of venereal diseases.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to examine persons suspected of being infected with venereal disease and to treat persons with such a disease. Makes it unlawful to infect or expose others to a venereal disease and requires that persons infected submit to treatment. Permits the treatment of minors for venereal disease without parental consent.

R.S. 40: 1298

To provide for the prevention of death or serious injury at public swimming places.

Requires that at least one resuscitation unit, in working order, be present at each publicly supervised swimming place.

R.S. 40:28

To provide for the diagnosis and treatment of tuberculosis.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to make free clinics available for the diagnosis of tuberculosis. Physicians in private practice may have access to these clinics.

Health Promotion

R.S. 17: 2111-2

To provide for the detection of sight and hearing problems in children.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources and the Superintendent of Education to prepare and provide materials appropriate to the testing of sight and hearing among school pupils. Requires that all school pupils be tested and the results recorded. Parents are to be notified if a defect in sight or hearing, and/or a disease of the eyes and ears is discovered.

R.S. 33:7501

To provide for the prevention of starvation and malnutrition.

Authorizes municipalities to provide emergency food and medical assistance to persons in need. This assistance is specifically aimed at preventing starvation and counteracting malnutrition.

R.S. 40: 63-64

To provide for the improvement of maternal health and life.

Authorizes the compilation of abortion related data to be used in the improvement of maternal health and life. Requires that all induced pregnancy terminations in Louisiana be monitored and that data on maternal life and health related factors be recorded.

R.S. 40:992

To provide for the prevention and deterrence of controlled dangerous substances' misuse and abuse.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to carry out educational programs designed to prevent and deter the misuse and abuse of controlled dangerous substances. Requests that the department

encourage research on misuse and abuse of controlled dangerous substances' patterns and their resulting social impact.

R.S. 40:1051-1052

To provide long range strategies for the diagnosis, prevention, and treatment of narcotic addiction.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to survey and analyze drug addiction related problems and to formulate a long range comprehensive plan to address these problems. Authorizes the department to establish and direct experimental pilot treatment and rehabilitation programs for narcotic addicts. Authorizes the department to disseminate informational, educational, and training materials on narcotic addiction to the relevant publics.

R.S. 40: 1101-1107

To provide for the detection and treatment of blindness in newborns caused by Ophthalmia Neonatorum.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to supervise the reporting, the investigating and the treating of all cases of Ophthalmia Neonatorum.

R.S. 40: 1299.71

To provide prompt and suitable medical assistance to disabled persons.

Encourages persons with conditions such as diabetes to wear identifying tags. Encourages law enforcement and medical personnel to carefully search for identifying devices on the bodies of disabled persons.

R.S. 40:1299.80-82

To provide for increased knowledge about cancer and cardiopulmonary diseases.

Establishes in the Department of Health and Human Resources a statewide cancer registry. The collected data will be used to assess the presence, extent, and possible causes of specific cancers in Louisiana. This program is to promote cancer research and clinical investigation. Establishes the Louisiana Cancer and Lung Trust Fund Board within the Department of Health and Human Resources. The Fund is to be used solely for cancer research and research on cardio-pulmonary diseases.

R.S. 46:971-972

To promote maternal and child health in Louisiana.

Authorizes the Department of Health and Human Resources to administer those parts of the federal Social Security Act, and any amendments, relating to maternal and child health services. The department is authorized to receive and expend federal monies for these services. The mandate is to extend and improve services that promote the health of mothers and children in Louisiana. Authorizes the department to establish a state plan for maternal and child health services. This plan should provide for the financing, administering, and supervising of these services.

R.S. 40:2018

To provide for the upgrading of perinatal care in Louisiana.

Establishes a Commission on Perinatal Care within the Department of Health and Human Resources. The Commission is to plan for the upgrading of perinatal care and to develop criteria for classifying and licensing obstetrical and neonatal units. The Commission is mandated to develop and evaluate a pregnancy risk identification system applicable to the diverse maternal and child populations in Louisiana.

R.S. 46:1601-1607

To provide adequate information on the welfare of the aged, including material of a health related nature.

Establishes a mechanism to create local voluntary councils on aging. These councils are to collect facts and statistics on the aged, including information on mental and physical health.

R.S. 40:2451-2453

To provide for the promotion of physical fitness and sports participation.

Creates the Governor's Council on Physical Fitness and Sports within the Department of Health and Human Resources. The Council is to develop, foster, andcoordinate physical fitness and sports services and programs for the people of Louisiana. These programs are to be coordinated with medical, dental, and other similar professional societies with the goal of promoting personal health and physical fitness.

Mental Health Substance Abuse, and Mental Retardation

R.S. 28:21

To provide for hospital care for the mentally ill and the inebriated.

Designates the following facilities for the treatment of mental illness and inebriation: East Louisiana State Hospital at Jackson, Central Louisiana State Hospital at Pineville, Southeast Louisiana Hospital at Mandeville.

R.S. 28:21.1

To provide for the treatment of persons suffering from alcoholism and to define alcoholism as a disease or illness.

Authorize the Department of Health and Human Services to treat poor and destitute persons suffering from alcoholism in state-supported hospitals. Recognizes alcoholism as a sickness or disease.

R.S. 28:22.5

To provide for community care for the mentally ill and mentally defective (sic).

Provides for the creation and administration (by the Department of Health and Human Resources) of community mental health facilities for the care, treatment, and rehabilitation of the mentally ill and mentally defective (sic).

R.S. 28:23

To provide emergency and temporary care for acute cases of mental illness.

Establishes departments providing for emergency and temporary care for acute cases of mental illness within state-owned general hospitals (administered by the Department of Health and Human Resources).