Rural Health Clinics
A "rural health clinic" means a facility which is engaged in furnishing primary health services to outpatients by physicians, physician assistants or nurse practitioners, including but not limited to health services related to family medicine, internal medicine, pediatrics, obstetrics, and gynecology and such services and supplies incident thereto. Such facility shall be located in an area that is not an urbanized area, as defined by the Bureau of the Census, in which there are insufficient numbers of needed health care practitioners, as determined by the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, and which has been determined to be a rural health clinic by the secretary of said department under 42 U.S.C. 1395aa(a).
La. R.S. 40:2197
Regulations
Licensing
- Fees: Payment Procedures
- Louisiana Register Vol. 44, No. 12 December 20, 2018- Chapter 41 Expedited Licensing Process for Healthcare Facilities and Providers Licensed by the Department of Health
- Documents Needed for Licensing Actions
- Initial Licensing
- License Renewals
- Criminal Background Check
- Change in Ownership Structure
- Closures
- Corporate Address Changes
- Relocations
- Services Actions
- DBA Name Changes
- Legal Entity Name Changes
- Conversion from Free Standing RHC to Outpatient Department of a Hospital
- Conversion from an Outpatient Department of a Hospital to a Free Standing RHC
- Key Personnel Changes
- Changes in Hours of Operation
Accreditation Organizations:
American Association for Accreditation of Ambulatory Surgery Facilities (AAAASF)
5101 Washington St., Ste 2F
P.O. Box 9500
Gurnee, IL 60031
888-545-5222
The Compliance Team (TCT)
905 Sheble Lane, Ste 102
P.O. Box 160
Springhouse, PA 19477
215-654-9110
Important Notices
Developing an All Hazard Risk Assessment and Emergency Plan
- CMS Compliant Templates
- Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA)
- Hazard Vulnerability Analysis (HVA) ESF-8 Tool
Program Manager Contact Information
Melissa Jacobs
Phone: 225-342-6194
Email: Melissa.Jacobs@la.gov