RS 40:2001 - STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

LA Rev Stat § 40:2001 (2018) (N/A)
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CHAPTER 11. STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

PART I. ORGANIZATION AND POWERS

§2001. Eligibility standards for state general hospitals

A. The secretary of the department shall establish criteria and adopt and promulgate rules for determination of eligibility for services in state general hospitals administered by the department and for the reception and medical and surgical treatment of persons at the Confederate Memorial Medical Center at Shreveport in accordance with R.S. 17:1517(A). Such criteria shall be reviewed and adjusted each year to reflect changes in the economy.

B. The secretary is authorized to initially promulgate such criteria and rules under normal rulemaking authority except that emergency rulemaking procedures shall not be utilized. The criteria and rules promulgated by the secretary as authorized herein may be retroactive to July 1, 1970.

Added by Acts 1981, No. 287, §1.