Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part V - Preventive Health Services
Subpart 28 - Drinking Water Laboratories
Chapter 80 - Certification of Laboratories Performing Drinking Water Analyses
Subchapter B - Program Procedures and Requirements
Section V-8043 - Ethics, Standards of Professional Conduct and Conflict of Interest
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-8043
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Professional standards apply to every employee of the department including laboratory assessors, whether a government employee or an employee of a third party organization conducting assessments under an agreement with the department or other certification body.
1. Department
employees, including assessors that knowingly engage in unprofessional
activity, may be liable for punitive actions as initiated by the department.
Standards for professional conduct outlined herein are based upon 5 CFR 2635,
January 1, 2019 edition, (Standards of Ethical Conduct for Employees of the
Executive Branch) and will be followed in all laboratory certification related
matters. Additionally, conformance with the Louisiana Code of Governmental
Ethics, R.S. 42:1101 et seq., is
required.
2. All employees
including assessors representing the department shall:
a. have no interest at play other than that
of the department during the entire certification process;
b. act impartially and not give preferential
treatment to any organization or individual;
c. provide equal treatment to all persons and
organizations regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age
and/or disability;
d. not use their
position for private gain;
e. not
solicit or accept any gift or other item of monetary value from any laboratory,
laboratory representative or any other affected individual or organization
doing business with, or affected by, the actions of the assessor's employer or
the department;
f. not hold
financial interests that conflict with the conscientious performance of their
duties;
g. not engage in financial
transactions using information gained through their positions as assessors to
further any private interest;
h.
not engage in employment activities (seeking or negotiating for employment) or
attempt to arrange contractual agreements with a laboratory that would conflict
with their duties and responsibilities as an assessor;
i. not knowingly make unauthorized
commitments or promises of any kind purporting to bind the department;
and
j. attempt to avoid any actions
that could create even the appearance that they are violating any of the
standards of professional conduct outlined in this Section.
3. It is the individual's responsibility to
report to the department any personal issues or activities that constitute a
conflict of interest before an assessment occurs. It is up to the department to
determine if the reported issues and activities regarding a specific assessor
constitute, or may be construed as, a conflict of interest. The department's
laboratory director, or assistant laboratory director, shall contact the Bureau
of Legal Services within the Department of Health (LDH) for guidance and
assistance in deciding a conflict of interest case and the course of action the
department should take.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:254(B)(7).
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