Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part V - Preventive Health Services
Subpart 3 - Dental Services
Chapter 7 - Dental Clinics
Section V-703 - Special Dental Clinic: Handicapped Children's Dental Clinic
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-703
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
200 Henry Clay Avenue
New Orleans, LA70118
A. Objectives, Scope of Activities and Charges
1. The objectives of this program are
to effectively coordinate and administer dental care offered to children in the
state's Handicapped Children's Program and to improve the quality and increase
the quantity of the services.
2.
Comprehensive dental care is provided.
3. Oral surgery, hospitalization and
operating room services are provided by the Handicapped Children's
Program.
4. No charges will be made
for dental care at the Handicapped Children's Dental Clinic 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.
B. Eligibility
1. Children registered in the state's
Handicapped Children's Program are eligible.
2. Persons must be 20 years of age or under
to be eligible.
3. Persons with a
handicapping condition are eligible to receive diagnostic and emergency dental
services.
4. A waiver of guidelines
may be granted by the chief, Dental Health Section, to handicapped children of
low income families (see appendix) who are not otherwise eligible for the
Handicapped Children's Program because they suffer from a handicapping
condition which is not treated by the program.
5. Other siblings in a family with a child on
the Handicapped Children's Program are not eligible for this
clinic.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:5.
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