2012 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 — Public health and safety
RS 40:2006 — Fees; licenses; penalties

§2006. Fees; licenses; penalties

A.(1) Any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity, currently operating or planning to operate any of the facilities listed in this Subsection shall be assessed a fee not to exceed six hundred dollars, payable to the Department of Health and Hospitals, at the time an application is made to the department, and once a year thereafter for renewal of the license. This fee is for application and renewal of a license only, and is in addition to any other fees that may be assessed according to the laws, rules, regulations, and standards that are applicable to the individual facilities.

(2) This Subsection shall apply to any licensed:

(a) Adult day health care facility.

(b) Substance abuse/addiction treatment facility.

(c) Ambulatory surgery center.

(d) Case management provider.

(e) Urine drug screening provider.

(f) Home health agency.

(g) Hospice.

(h) Hospital.

(i) Nursing home.

(j) Rural health clinic.

(k) Intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD).

(l) End stage renal disease facility.

(m) Outpatient abortion facility.

(n) Psychiatric residential treatment facility.

(o) Children's respite care center.

(p) Repealed by Acts 2005, No. 483, §2, eff. July 12, 2005.

(q) Pediatric day health care facility.

B.(1) Any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity currently operating or planning to operate any of the facilities listed in this Subsection shall be assessed an additional application and renewal fee not to exceed five dollars per unit, payable to the Department of Health and Hospitals, at the time the application or application for renewal of the license required in Subsection A of this Section is made, where applicable. For purposes of this Subsection, "unit" means a room or station.

(2) This Subsection shall apply to any licensed:

(a) Hospice.

(b) Hospital.

(c) Nursing home.

(d) Intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD).

(e) Substance abuse/addiction treatment facility.

(f) Psychiatric residential treatment facility.

(g) Children's respite care center.

(h) End stage renal disease facility.

C. Any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity currently operating or planning to operate a satellite, branch, or offsite office, as permitted in the laws, rules, regulations, and standards that are applicable to the individual facilities and are licensed or registered by the Department of Health and Hospitals shall be assessed a fee not to exceed three hundred dollars per subsidiary license or registration, payable to the Department of Health and Hospitals. This fee shall be assessed at the time application is made for the satellite, branch, or offsite office, and once a year thereafter for renewal of the subsidiary license or registration. This fee is for application and renewal of a subsidiary license or registration only, and is in addition to any other fees that may be assessed according to the laws, rules, regulations, and standards that are applicable to the individual facilities.

D. The fees authorized and charged to any category of provider as provided in Subsections A, B, and C of this Section shall not exceed the estimated costs of providing the services to such specified category of provider.

E.(1) Any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity, currently operating or planning to operate any of the facilities listed in this Subsection, and who is licensed by the Department of Health and Hospitals shall be assessed a delinquent fee of one hundred dollars for failure to timely renew its license and/or any subsidiary license or registration. This fee shall be in addition to any renewal or other fee applicable according to the laws, rules, regulations, and standards that are applicable to the individual facilities. The delinquent fee described in this Subsection shall be assessed and shall become due and payable to the Department of Health and Hospitals at 12:01 a.m. on the first day following the expiration date of the license or subsidiary license or registration.

(2) This Subsection shall apply to any licensed:

(a) Adult day health care facility.

(b) Substance abuse/addiction treatment facility.

(c) Ambulatory surgery center.

(d) Case management provider.

(e) Urine drug screening provider.

(f) Home health agency.

(g) Hospice.

(h) Hospital.

(i) Nursing home.

(j) Intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD).

(k) End stage renal disease facility.

(l) Outpatient abortion facility.

(m) Rural health clinic.

(n) Psychiatric residential treatment facility.

(o) Children's respite care center.

(p) Pediatric day health care facility.

(q) Home- and community-based service provider.

(r) Adult brain injury facility.

(s) Pain management clinic.

(t)-(w) Repealed by Acts 2008, No. 839, §5, eff. July 8, 2008.

Acts 1997, No. 1384, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 650, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 391, §1; Acts 2004, No. 332, §1, eff. June 18, 2004; Acts 2004, No. 432, §1, eff. June 24, 2004; Acts 2005, No. 483, §§1, 2, eff. July 12, 2005; Acts 2006, No. 163, §2; Acts 2006, No. 215, §1, eff. June 2, 2006; Acts 2008, No. 839, §§3, 5, eff. July 8, 2008.