Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part V - Preventive Health Services
Subpart 3 - Dental Services
Chapter 7 - Dental Clinics
Section V-701 - Primary Dental Care Clinics II
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-701
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Name and Location
1. Caddo Parish Health Unit
Dental Clinic, 2327 David Raines Road, Shreveport, Louisiana 71107.
2. Dental Trailer No. 1, State Planning
District No. 5, which includes the following parishes: Allen, Beauregard,
Calcasieu, Cameron and Jefferson Davis. The dental trailer is rotated to the
various parish health units within the district.
3. Dental Trailer No. 2 State Planning
District No. 3, which includes the following parishes: Assumption, Lafourche,
St. Charles, St. James and Terrebonne. The dental trailer is rotated to the
various health units within the district.
4. Jefferson Parish Health Unit Dental Clinic
(east-bank), 111 North Causeway Boulevard, Metairie, Louisiana 70001.
5. Jefferson Parish Dental Clinic
(west-bank), 1901 Eighth Street, Harvey, Louisiana 70058.
6. Rapides Parish Dental Clinic, 1200 Texas
Avenue, Alexandria, Louisiana.
B. Objectives, Scope of Services and Fees Charged
1. The objectives of this program are
to effectively coordinate and administer dental care offered to children of low
income families, to improve the quality and increase the quantity of the
services and to raise the dental awareness in the community.
2. Treatment, corrections and other
activities offered include:
a. complete
examination and diagnosis, including radiographs;
b. elimination of pain and
infection;
c. preventive services
including prophylaxis, topical fluoride treatment and oral hygiene
instruction;
d. restoration of
carious or fractured teeth and treatment of injuries to soft tissues;
e. elimination of disease of bone and soft
tissues;
f. maintenance or recovery
of space when this service will have an effect on occlusion;
g. treatment of injuries; and
h. emergency treatment.
3. No charges will be made for dental care at
the clinics, except to the extent that payments will be made by a third party
(including a government agency) which is authorized or under legal obligation
to pay such charges.
C. Eligibility
1. Any family residing in
Louisiana which is eligible and which requests dental services for its children
may receive services at any of the clinic sites. (see appendix for income
guidelines). Children who are presently enrolled in the state's Handicapped
Children's Program or the state's EPSDT Program are also eligible. Parents or
guardians must present evidence demonstrating the child's eligibility in these
programs.
2. Persons 18 years of
age or under are eligible.
3. All
age-eligible patients, regardless of income, will be afforded screening and
emergency services from the clinics.
4. Services will be made available without
the imposition of any duration-of-residence requirement.
5. Other siblings in a family with a
handicapped child are eligible if the family qualifies under the income
guidelines.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:5.
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