Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part XI - Hospitals
Subpart 7 - Hospital Notifications
Chapter 43 - Infectious Disease Notifications
Section XI-4301 - Introduction
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. If, while treating or transporting an ill or injured patient to a hospital, an emergency medical technician, paramedic, firefighter, or other person who is employed by or voluntarily working with a firm, agency, or organization which provides emergency treatment or transportation comes into direct contact with a patient who is subsequently diagnosed as having a infections disease as listed below, the hospital receiving the patient shall notify the appropriate firm, agency, or organization which shall notify its emergency medical technician, paramedic, firefighter, emergency medical transportation service employer, or other person treating or transporting the patient of the individual's exposure to the infectious disease.
B. In accordance with the above, DHH defines hospital to mean any public or private health care facility which is primarily operated for the purposes of diagnosis, treatment or care of persons admitted for health care services. This definition expressly includes emergency rooms and outpatient clinics operated in connection with said health care facilities. In addition, R.S. 40:1099(B) requires to and by nursing homes.
C. The following infectious diseases are subject to notification and consultation procedures of this rule:
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1099.
