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LA Rev Stat § 40:1131.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1131.1. Emergency medical services program; cooperation of other state departments

RS 1131.1 - Emergency medical services program; cooperation of other state departments  A. The department shall establish and maintain a program for the improvement and regulation of emergency medical services in the state. The responsibility for implementation and conduct of this program shall be vested in the bureau of emergency medical services.  B. The bureau shall develop a state plan for the prompt and efficient delivery of adequate emergency medical services to acutely sick and injured individuals.  C. The bureau shall serve as the primary agency for participation in any federal program involving emergency medical services and may receive and, pursuant to legislative appropriation, disburse available federal funds to implement any service program.  D. The bureau shall identify all public and private agencies, institutions, and individuals that are or may be engaged in emergency medical services training and set minimum standards for course approval, instruction, and examination. Public safety telecommunicators shall at a minimum successfully complete the telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation training required by R.S. 40:1133.16.  E. The department shall promulgate and enforce such rules, regulations, and minimum standards as needed to carry out the provisions of this Section.  Added by Acts 1977, No. 502, §1, eff. July 13, 1977. Amended by Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1231.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S; Acts 2018, No. 578, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1131.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1131.2. Immunity from civil damages

RS 1131.2 - Immunity from civil damages  No parish, specialty, component, or state medical society or organization, or its designee, which is statutorily mandated by this Chapter to participate without compensation or gratuitously participates in an emergency services system, nor any committee of such parish, specialty, component, or state medical society or organization, including the individual members of such committee, or its designee, shall be liable for any civil damages as a result of any act or omission in the performance of their administrative duties or donated services with such emergency services system, including, without limitation, advice, instructions, or other duties regarding policy, protocol, administration, and efficiency of the emergency medical services system. The immunity extended to a parish, specialty, component, or state medical society or organization, or any committee thereof, including the individual members of such committee, including their insurers, or its designee, shall not be applicable for willful or wanton acts or omissions. The immunity extended herein shall be applicable only to an action brought by the person damaged as a result of the performance of any administrative duties or donated services rendered pursuant to the provisions of this Section.  Added by Acts 1979, No. 554, §2. Amended by Acts 1990, No. 428, §1; Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1231.2 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1131.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1131.3. Medical assistance program; ground ambulance transportation to alternative destination; reimbursement

RS 1131.3 - Medical assistance program; ground ambulance transportation to alternative destination; reimbursement  The department shall promulgate rules and regulations to provide for a reimbursement methodology to cover alternative destination transport by a ground ambulance service provider to ensure that reimbursement rates are reasonable and adequate.  Acts 2018, No. 565, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1132 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1132. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 281, §1.

RS 1132 - Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 281, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 281, §1.

RS 1133 - Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 281, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133.4. Powers and duties of the commission; exceptions

RS 1133.4 - Powers and duties of the commission; exceptions  A. The commission shall:  (1) Recommend to the bureau requirements and standards of practice for individuals seeking to be certified under this Part.  (2) Approve requirements and standards of practice submitted by the bureau for emergency medical services practitioners consistent with this Part.  (3) Recommend continuing education requirements and standards to the bureau in accordance with criteria established by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians for individuals seeking to renew a license.  (4) Conduct disciplinary hearings for emergency medical personnel.  (5) Request that the bureau conduct investigations as necessary.  (6) Cause the prosecution of any individual who violates any provision of this Part.  (7) Maintain a record of all commission proceedings.  (8) Adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Part in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, R.S. 49:950 et seq.  B. Except as they relate to scope of practice or patient care issues, Paragraphs (A)(4), (5), and (6) of this Section shall not apply to anyone who is a volunteer of or employed by the state of Louisiana or another public entity, a municipal fire department, a fire protection district, or a volunteer fire department who has successfully completed an education program based on national EMS education standards and who possesses a current national certification and state license, until the commission has forwarded the nonmedical practice complaint to the local governing body and received a response with investigative results and any disciplinary disposition. In the event that the local governing body does not send a response or request for extension to the commission within sixty days after receipt of the complaint, the commission may proceed with the powers and duties as defined in Subsection A of this Section. Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, in the event the commission determines by a two-thirds vote of the membership of the commission that public health and safety would be jeopardized by waiting for a response from the local governing authority, the commission shall have the right to exercise its powers and duties as provided in Subsection A of this Section without receipt of an investigative report from the local governing authority or the expiration of the sixty-day period as provided in this Subsection.  Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Acts 2003, No. 208, §1; Acts 2010, No. 935, §1; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1232.3 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133.5. Powers and duties of the bureau

RS 1133.5 - Powers and duties of the bureau  The bureau shall:  (1) Issue a license and renew a license to any duly qualified applicant for licensure and license renewal as an emergency medical services practitioner.  (2) Prescribe application forms for licensure and license renewal.  (3) Adopt requirements and standards of practice approved by the commission for emergency medical services practitioners.  (4) Conduct investigations as requested by the commission.  (5) Deny, withhold, revoke, restrict, probate, or suspend a license as directed by the commission under the provisions of R.S. 40:1133.7.  (6) Prepare, publish, and update a roster of all emergency medical personnel, including the name and address of each individual.  (7) Adopt continuing education requirements and standards for individuals seeking to renew a license.  (8) Prepare an annual report detailing the activities of the commission during the past fiscal year including the number and nature of the hearings conducted under the provisions of R.S. 40:1133.8.  (9) Adopt rules and regulations to implement the provisions of this Part in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  (10) Adopt and amend the title and the definition of licensed emergency medical services practitioners.  Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §17, eff. June 11, 2013; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1232.4 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133.6. License; requirements; renewal

RS 1133.6 - License; requirements; renewal  A. Applicants for initial licensure as emergency medical services practitioners shall submit the following evidence to the bureau:  (1) Completion of the required approved educational program.  (2) Documentation that the applicant meets the qualifications and requirements as established by the bureau.  B. In lieu of the evidence required by Subsection A of this Section, an applicant may submit evidence that he has been duly licensed or certified in another state, territory, or country or has received military training and certification or license as emergency medical services practitioner as defined in R.S. 40:1131, and meets the qualifications and requirements established by the bureau.  C.(1) The license shall be renewed every two years provided the applicant seeking renewal completes the application and meets the requirements for renewal established by the bureau prior to the expiration date on his current license.  (2) An individual whose license expires by his failure to renew as provided may be reinstated provided the applicant submits a completed application and meets any additional requirements established by the bureau for an individual who has failed to timely renew his license.  Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1232.5 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133.7. Grounds for disciplinary proceedings

RS 1133.7 - Grounds for disciplinary proceedings  The commission may discipline emergency medical services practitioners by directing the bureau to deny, withhold, revoke, restrict, probate, or suspend a license to practice as an emergency medical services practitioner, impose fines and assess costs, or otherwise discipline an emergency medical services practitioner, and the commission may direct the bureau to limit, restrict, or deny a student emergency medical services practitioner from entering or continuing the clinical phase of EMS education for the following causes:  (1) Conviction of selling or attempting to sell, falsely obtaining, or furnishing to a person a licensed emergency medical services practitioner document.  (2) Conviction of a crime or offense which reflects the inability of an emergency medical services practitioner to provide emergency medical services with due regard for the health and safety of clients or patients or enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere to a criminal charge regardless of final disposition of the criminal proceeding, including but not limited to expungement or nonadjudication.  (3) Is unfit or incompetent by reason of negligence, habit, or other cause.  (4) Is habitually intemperate in the use of or abuses alcohol or habit-forming drugs.  (5) Is guilty of aiding or abetting another person in the violation of this Part.  (6) Is mentally incompetent.  (7) Endeavors to deceive or defraud the public.  (8) Professional or medical incompetency.  (9) Unprofessional conduct.  (10) Continuing or recurring practices which fail to meet the standards of EMS care in this state.  (11) Abandonment of a patient.  (12) Has had a certification or license to practice as an emergency medical services practitioner or to practice as another health care provider denied, revoked, suspended, or otherwise restricted.  (13) Is guilty of moral turpitude.  (14) Has violated any rules and regulations of the commission or the bureau or any provision of this Part.  (15) Intentional falsification of any document related to license, emergency medical services education, or related to the care of the patient.  Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Acts 2003, No. 208, §1; Acts 2004, No. 797, §1, eff. July 8, 2004; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1232.6 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133.9. Injunction

RS 1133.9 - Injunction  The commission, through the bureau, may obtain an injunction without bond forbidding any person from violating or continuing to violate any of the provisions of this Part. This injunction shall not be subject to release upon bond.  Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1232.8 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133.10 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133.10. Violations

RS 1133.10 - Violations  No person or individual shall engage in any of the following activities:  (1) Sell, or attempt to sell, falsely obtain, or furnish to any person any emergency medical services practitioner diploma, license document, or record, or aid or abet therein.  (2) Practice as an emergency medical services practitioner under any diploma, certificate, or license illegally obtained or signed or issued unlawfully.  (3) Practice as an emergency medical services practitioner unless licensed to do so under the provisions of this Part.  (4) Use in connection with his name any designation tending to imply that he is an emergency medical services practitioner unless duly authorized to practice under the provisions of this Part.  (5) Practice as an emergency medical services practitioner during the time the license issued under the provisions of this Part is suspended or revoked.  (6) Practice as an emergency medical services practitioner during the time his license has lapsed by reason of his intentional failure to renew the license.  (7) Conduct or serve as an educator in conducting any course claiming to prepare students for licensure as emergency medical services practitioner under the provisions of this Part, unless both the course and the educator have been approved by the bureau.  (8) Knowingly aid or abet another person in the violation of this Part.  Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Acts 2013, No. 220, §17, eff. June 11, 2013; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1232.9 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133.11 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133.11. Prosecution

RS 1133.11 - Prosecution  A. Any person who violates the provisions of R.S. 40:1133.10 shall be subject to prosecution. This prosecution shall be brought in the name of the state, provided the provisions of this Part shall not prevent or interfere with a prosecution brought by the district attorney of a parish when a prosecution or a pre-prosecution proceeding has been initiated by the district attorney.  B. Whoever is found guilty of violating any provision of R.S. 40:1133.10 shall, upon a first conviction, be fined not more than five hundred dollars or imprisoned for not more than six months, or both. Upon a second or subsequent conviction, the offender shall be imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than two years and fined not more than five thousand dollars.  Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1232.10 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133.12 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133.12. Exceptions

RS 1133.12 - Exceptions  This Part shall not apply to the practice of emergency medical services by a legally qualified emergency medical services practitioner who is employed by the United States government, or by any bureau, division, or agency thereof, while in the discharge of his official duties.  Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1232.11 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133.15 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133.15. Hazardous substance transportation emergencies; payment for emergency medical services

RS 1133.15 - Hazardous substance transportation emergencies; payment for emergency medical services  The person or entity who in the course of transporting hazardous substances or materials causes or contributes to a discharge of a hazardous substance or material that causes an emergency condition shall be obligated to pay the reasonable costs of any emergency medical services provider whose presence or service, including standby, is requested at such hazardous substance emergency by any person authorized by the Department of Public Safety and Corrections or the Department of Environmental Quality to respond to a hazardous substance transportation emergency. Nothing is this Section shall affect the rights of any party to recover under any other provision of law.  Acts 1999, No. 209, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1234.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1133.16 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1133.16. Public safety telecommunicator; instruction

RS 1133.16 - Public safety telecommunicator; instruction  A.(1) A public safety telecommunicator shall be trained in telephone cardiopulmonary resuscitation (T-CPR) utilizing training that meets or exceeds nationally recognized emergency cardiovascular care guidelines adopted by the bureau every two years. At a minimum, this training shall incorporate recognition protocols for out-of-hospital cardiac arrest, compression-only CPR instructions for callers, and continuing education as appropriate.  (2) On or before January 1, 2019, each public safety telecommunicator in a parish with a population greater than one hundred thousand, according to the latest federal decennial census, shall complete the T-CPR training required by this Section.  (3) On or before January 1, 2020, each public safety telecommunicator in a parish with a population between fifty thousand and one hundred thousand, according to the latest federal decennial census, shall complete the T-CPR training required by this Section.  (4) On or before January 1, 2021, each public safety telecommunicator in a parish with a population less than fifty thousand, according to the latest federal decennial census, shall complete the T-CPR training required by this Section.  B. A public safety agency may enter into a reciprocal agreement with another public safety agency to provide T-CPR, provided that the agency that accepts the call has a public safety telecommunicator who is trained in T-CPR as provided by this Section.  C. The bureau shall identify all public and private agencies, institutions, and individuals that are or may be engaged in T-CPR training and set minimum standards for course approval, instruction, and examination, including online training modules based on nationally recognized guidelines. The bureau shall implement an efficient means for each public safety agency employing public safety telecommunicators to transmit identifying information for the public safety telecommunicators in their employ and an efficient means for either the public safety agency or the public safety telecommunicator to provide a certificate of completion of the T-CPR training required by this Section.  D. The department shall adopt rules in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act as are necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.  Acts 2018, No. 578, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1134 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1134. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 281, §1.

RS 1134 - Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 281, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1135 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1135. Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 281, §1.

RS 1135 - Repealed by Acts 1990, No. 281, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1135.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1135.4. Ambulance services; fees

RS 1135.4 - Ambulance services; fees  Any person, partnership, corporation, unincorporated association, or other legal entity currently operating or planning to operate an ambulance service shall pay the following fees to the department, as applicable:  (1) An initial licensing fee of one hundred fifty dollars, to be submitted with the initial application for a license.  (2) An annual license renewal fee of one hundred dollars, to be submitted with each annual application for renewal of a license.  (3) A delinquent fee of one hundred dollars for failure to timely pay an annual license renewal fee. Such delinquent fee shall be assessed and shall become due and payable at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-sixth day following the date of the invoice by which the department bills the applicant or licensee for the annual license renewal fee.  (4) A vehicle inspection fee of seventy-five dollars for each ambulance or emergency medical response vehicle, which shall be submitted with the initial application for a license, with each annual application for renewal of a license, and with each application for a permit for a vehicle added to service by the applicant.  (5) A delinquent fee of one hundred dollars for each ambulance and emergency medical response vehicle, for failure to timely pay a vehicle inspection fee. Such delinquent fee shall be assessed and shall become due and payable at 12:01 a.m. on the thirty-sixth day following the date of the invoice by which the department bills the applicant or licensee for the vehicle inspection fee.  (6) A change of address fee of ten dollars for each change of address.  (7) A duplicate license fee of ten dollars for each duplicate license.  Acts 1999, No. 1113, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1235.3 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1135.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1135.6. Advanced emergency medical technicians

RS 1135.6 - Advanced emergency medical technicians  In addition to the requirements of R.S. 40:1135.1, any hospital, ancillary medical facility, or ambulance service, whether public or private, may conduct a program utilizing any emergency medical services practitioner to supervise and direct the delivery of emergency medical care to the sick and injured at the scene of an emergency during transport to a hospital, while in the hospital emergency department, and until care responsibility is assumed by the regular hospital staff.  Acts 1977, No. 626, §2. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 469, §1; Acts 1997, No. 913, §2; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1236 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1135.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1135.7. Unauthorized response by commercial ambulances; penalties

RS 1135.7 - Unauthorized response by commercial ambulances; penalties  A. No commercial ambulance shall make any emergency run based solely on information intercepted by use of a radio communication scanner or similar device except in cases where human life is threatened, unless that commercial ambulance has been specifically requested to respond to such emergency. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit service to a subscriber of a commercial ambulance service. No person certified under this Chapter or certified or licensed pursuant to any provision of Louisiana law shall operate a commercial ambulance in violation of this Section.  B. The certificate or license of any person certified under this Chapter or certified or licensed pursuant to Louisiana law who violates the provisions of this Section shall be suspended by the appropriate certification or licensing authority for not less than thirty days, nor more than six months.  C. Proceedings to enforce the provisions of this Section shall be conducted in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act.  Acts 1987, No. 187, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1236.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.