Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part XI - Hospitals
Subpart 7 - Hospital Notifications
Chapter 43 - Infectious Disease Notifications
Section XI-4302 - Requirements

1. Each hospital shall maintain a registry or sign-in log which shall include the name, address and telephone number of the agency, firm, organization, and person(s) who provided emergency treatment and/or transportation of the patient, when the provider is someone other than an ambulance transportation service provider (transporting ambulance providers shall continue to use the existing ambulance transportation log). The log shall later be referred to in the event that it becomes necessary to identify and notify such providers of the exposure to a patient who is subsequently diagnosed and confirmed as having one of the above listed infectious diseases.

2. Each hospital shall post a visible sign to advise the public that Louisiana law requires the hospital to notify, within 48 hours after diagnosis confirmation, any person who has provided emergency treatment or transportation of a patient who is later diagnosed to have infectious diseases as listed in §4301 . In order to comply with this law, anyone transporting a patient into the hospital must register in the hospital log book with the name of the agency, firm, or organization with which he/she is affiliated. Transporting ambulance service providers, however, will continue to sign the existing ambulance log which is currently completed whenever a patient is transported by ambulance to the hospital.

3. The hospital's Infection Control Officer (ICO) or other administratively designated staff person shall be promptly notified of all cases involving confirmed diagnoses of the above listed infectious diseases. The ICO shall confidentially contact the listed firms, agencies, and organizations (which will in turn notify the individual) to advise of the exposure to a confirmed case of an infectious disease. The notification, which shall be done within 48 hours of confirmation of patient diagnosis, must include a statement that the transporting agency, firm, or organization contact a designated hospital staff person for necessary consultation. The hospital must document that the required notification and consultation, if held, has taken place.