Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part IX - Developmental Disabilities Services
Chapter 3 - Infant Intervention Services
Section IX-313 - Admission

A. The case manager shall review the integrated evaluation report and determine if the infant meets the eligibility criteria for mental retardation and developmental disabilities services within five working days of the receipt of the report.

B. The case manager and the multidisciplinary evaluation coordinator shall develop the generic service plan based on the integrated evaluation report for all infants eligible for mental retardation and developmental disabilities services within five working days of the receipt of the report.

C. Each handicapped infant who meets the eligibility criteria pursuant to Section 3 of these standards, and whose generic service plan recommends an Infant Intervention Program, may apply for admission in the Infant Intervention Program.

D. Infants determined eligible for the Infant Intervention Program shall be enrolled without regard to race, color, creed, sex, national origin, or duration of Louisiana residence as program space is available.

E. Admission in a center-based program or home training program shall be determined by considerations such as the infant's age, travel distance to the center or school, severity of the handicapping condition, ability to benefit from peer interactions, medical factors, parent's ability to provide parent training in the home, and/or length of time the delay has existed without intervention.