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Amends the provisions governing the licensing of hospitals in order to update the standards for obstetrical and newborn services to ensure that the administrative Rule reflects current requirements for staffing and levels of care units and relocate the existing provisions of LAC 48:I.9511-9515 to LAC 48:I.9519-9523.
Adopts provisions governing the installation and use of newborn safety devices located inside hospital facilities which have 24-hour emergency departments in compliance with Act 421 of the 2021 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature.
Amends the provisions governing the licensing of ambulatory surgical centers (ASCs) in order to: 1) add the definition of optometry; 2) exempt ASC medical staff qualified as optometrists and practicing optometry from the requirement to also be staff members or have admitting privileges at local hospitals; and 3) require ASCs to have a written procedure for the immediate transfer of patients requiring emergency services to a local facility that meets federal requirements for payment and to provide the facility with a notice of operations and patient population served.
Amends the provisions governing the licensing of adult residential care providers (ARCPs) in order to extend the timeframe the ARCP is allowed to inactivate its license due to a declared emergency or disaster from one year to two years.
The December 2021 Legislative Oversight Committee reports have been submitted to the respective legislative oversight committees in accordance with R.S. 49:968(D)(1)(b)(c)
To receive the booster dose, individuals must be at least six months past their Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine series completion date.
First oversight for proposed rule to include Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS I), and Glycogen Storage Diseases Type II (Pompe Disease) to the Louisiana Newborn Screening Panel.
The proposed rule to include Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA), Mucopolysaccharidosis (MPS I), and Glycogen Storage Diseases Type II (Pompe Disease) to the Louisiana Newborn Screening Panel.
This brings the total number of Omicron cases in our state to 37 - 34 probable and 3 confirmed.
This brings the total number of Omicron cases in our state to 17 - 16 probable and 1 confirmed. The first confirmed Omicron case in Louisiana was identified on Dec. 3.
The Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) is reporting 3 additional probable cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 in Louisiana.