Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part XI - Hospitals
Subpart 5 - Special Care Facilities
Chapter 15 - Geriatric Hospitals
Section XI-1501 - Authorization
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. The Office of Hospitals may establish and administer geriatric hospitals or units to receive and care for infirm persons who have been discharged by a hospital for the mentally ill and for other elderly and infirm persons who are in need of nursing and medical care. Such hospitals or units may be established on sites designated by the department, provided that no such geriatric hospital or unit may be established on any site located more than five air miles from the administrative office of East Louisiana State Hospital or more than one air mile from the administrative office of Central Louisiana State Hospital.
B. The geriatric hospital at Jackson, Louisiana, known as Villa Feliciana, is created and established. The hospital shall be under the administration of the state Department of Hospitals, but shall constitute a separate budget unit.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:259.
