2021 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
Title 40 - Public Health and Safety
§1189.6. Pilot regulatory, demonstration program
RS 1189.6 - Pilot regulatory, demonstration program
No later than one hundred twenty days after August 15, 1997, the department shall appoint a committee which shall review current licensing standards and determine which of these standards may be relaxed as applied to rural hospitals. In addition, the department shall seek the assistance of the Louisiana congressional delegation to establish a hospital demonstration program under the auspices of the department and of the United States Department of Health and Human Services. The demonstration shall focus on a relaxation of regulatory requirements for rural hospitals and shall liberalize staffing requirements as well as the minimum number of beds a hospital must operate.
Acts 1997, No. 1485, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.146 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
