2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:2120.51 - Definitions
PART II-I. STATE REGISTRATION OF CERTIFIED NURSE
AIDES IN NURSING FACILITIES AND SKILLED NURSING
FACILITY UNITS
§2120.51. Definitions
As used in this Part, the following definitions shall apply unless the content clearly states otherwise:
(1) "Certified nurse aide" means a certified nursing assistant or certified nurse aide employed by a nursing facility or contracted by a nursing facility.
(2) "Department" means the Department of Health and Hospitals.
(3) "Medical staffing agency" means any agency, institution, society, corporation, person or persons, or any other group that provides, for profit, the services of certified nurse aides to a nursing facility.
(4) "Nursing facility" means a nursing home licensed by the Department of Health and Hospitals pursuant to R.S. 40:2009.1 et seq., and a unit of a licensed hospital certified as a skilled nursing facility unit.
(5) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Department of Health and Hospitals or his designee.
Acts 2009, No. 357, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 2010.
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