§2200.14. Registration; moratorium

There is hereby placed a moratorium on all registrations of proton beam radiotherapy equipment by the department except for the registration of facilities which meet any of the following criteria:

(1) A major Louisiana cancer center which functions as the primary sponsoring institution for any of the following accredited graduate medical education programs related to oncology including radiation oncology, medical oncology or hematology/oncology, and maintains an accredited Institutional Review Board for Research.

(2) A National Cancer Institute designated Comprehensive Cancer Center.

(3) A Louisiana non-profit corporation organized and formed to undertake, promote, develop, support, and carry on the treatment of patients with cancer through charitable, scientific, and educational activities which meets any of the following:

(a) Serves as the primary clinical training site for an accredited radiation oncology residency program.

(b) Operates a radiation oncology physics residency program accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP).

(c) Operates with a state university a joint graduate medical physics program that is accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Medical Physics Education Programs, Inc. (CAMPEP).

(4) Any facility that has executed a contract, secured by a deposit, for proton radiotherapy equipment prior to January 1, 2010.

(5) A state operated hospital located in a city in which a state operated medical school is located.

Acts 2010, No. 905, §1, eff. July 2, 2010.