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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1234. Requisite signature of school employee on all documents placed in personnel file

RS 17:1234 - Requisite signature of school employee on all documents placed in personnel file
A. Each document concerning a school employee shall be placed in the employee's personnel file within a reasonable time and no document, except those resulting from routine recordkeeping, shall be placed in a school employee's personnel file by any school system employee, unless and until that school employee is presented with the original document and a copy thereof prior to its filing.
B. Upon receipt of the original document and copy of the same, the school employee shall sign the original document as an acknowledgement of the receipt of the copy of the document. Such signature shall not be construed as an agreement to the contents of the document.
Acts 1987, No. 174, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1235. Rebuttal and response

RS 17:1235 - Rebuttal and response
A. Each school employee shall be given the opportunity to rebut and to respond to a document placed in his personnel file including but not limited to any document placed in such file on or before September 1, 1987.
B. The rebuttal and response must be in written form and once filed shall be attached to the document to which the response and rebuttal applies, and thus become a permanent part of the school employee's personnel file as long as the document remains a part of the personnel file.
C. No document or copy thereof, to which a response and rebuttal has been filed, shall be used for any purpose whatsoever unless the rebuttal and response or copy thereof is attached to the document or copy sought to be used.
D. A school employee shall have the right to receive proof of any allegations and statements contained in a document placed in his file that the school employee believes to be inaccurate, invalid, or misrepresented. If such proof is not presented, the document containing the allegations and statements shall be removed from the school employee's personnel file and destroyed.
E. If, at anytime, a city, parish, or other local public school board takes any personnel action against a school employee based upon any document that was placed in the employee's personnel file on or before September 1, 1987, the school employee shall be given the opportunity to rebut and respond to such document.
Acts 1987, No. 174, §1; Acts 2006, No. 300, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1236. Procedure for filing of rebuttal and response

RS 17:1236 - Procedure for filing of rebuttal and response
A. Any rebuttal and response to a document placed in a school employee's personnel file shall be filed by the school employee within fifteen school days from the date on which the school employee signs the document acknowledging its receipt.
B. The school employee may be granted an additional ten school days for the filing of the rebuttal and response, provided the school employee requests such an extension in writing addressed to the personnel file custodian within the original fifteen-day period. The personnel file custodian's consent to the ten-day extension of time shall not be unreasonably withheld.
C. The rebuttal and response shall be deemed filed by the delivery of the original and one copy of the rebuttal and response to the personnel file custodian. The personnel file custodian shall then sign and date the original rebuttal and response and file the same into the school employee's personnel file. The personnel file custodian shall also sign and date a copy of the rebuttal and response and return the same to the school employee.
Acts 1987, No. 174, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1237. Access to files

RS 17:1237 - Access to files
A. No school employee shall be denied access to his personnel file. The contents of a school employee's personnel file shall not be divulged to third parties absent the express written consent of the school employee, except when ordered by a court or by subpoena, and no school system employee other than the personnel file custodian or the superintendent of schools for the system, or the designee of either who shall be a school system employee shall be allowed access to a school employee's personnel file without the school employee's express written consent, unless that employee is charged with the duty of supervising that particular school employee's performance. In the case that a personnel file should be accessed by the superintendent or someone designated by him, the employee whose file was so accessed shall receive written notice of the fact and the name and title of the person who was permitted access. All persons permitted access under this Section shall maintain the confidentiality of those documents in the file which are not matters of public record.
B. Any school employee requesting to see his personnel file shall be given access to his entire personnel file, including but not limited to all documents placed in the employee's file on or before September 1, 1987, except for any portion of the file maintained at his specific work site, at a single location, and within a reasonable time after making the request. Such an employee shall be given access to any portion of his personnel file maintained at his work site, including but not limited to all documents placed in the employee's file on or before September 1, 1987, at such site and at any reasonable time.
Acts 1987, No. 174, §1; Acts 2006, No. 300, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1238. Public records; effect of this Part

RS 17:1238 - Public records; effect of this Part
Nothing in this Part shall be construed to supersede the provisions of Chapter 1 of Title 44 of the Revised Statutes of 1950 to the extent that those provisions otherwise apply.
Acts 1987, No. 174, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1239. §§1239 to 1250 Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 718, §11; Acts 1982, No. 769, §3.

RS 17:1239 - §§1239 to 1250 Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 718, §11; Acts 1982, No. 769, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1252. Establishment of clearinghouse

RS 17:1252 - Establishment of clearinghouse
A.(1) The Department of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, may establish a Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse. The clearinghouse shall be a depository for the personnel files of all persons who were employed by any city or parish school system, or by the State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education, or by any college or university to teach in any elementary or secondary school who have ceased to be employed for any reason other than death or retirement.
(2) Such files shall be maintained as confidential, except that with the permission of the teacher, any school employer, public or private may review the contents of any teacher's folder when considering him for employment. Further, the department may extract from each deposited personnel file the teacher's name, certification status, areas of certification, and address for inclusion in an availability list that shall be regularly published and circulated to each city and parish school board and any other school system employer who requests the list. Any teacher whose personnel file has been deposited with the clearinghouse may request, in writing, that his name and information not be included on such availability list. All such requests shall be honored.
B. The State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education shall formulate and adopt appropriate regulations for the governance of the Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse.
C. For the purposes of this Part, "personnel file" shall be defined as provided in R.S. 17:1233(2).
Acts 1988, No. 457, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1253. Clearinghouse; database

RS 17:1253 - Clearinghouse; database
The Department of Education may, in addition to the requirement of R.S. 17:1252, undertake the following with regard to the Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse:
(1) Promote clearinghouse activities in newspapers, professional publications, websites, and institutions of higher learning.
(2) Provide annual reports to the legislature and the governor on the supply and demand for teachers.
(3) Assist school systems in locating qualified teachers to fill positions.
Acts 1988, No. 457, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1032, §6.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1254. §§1254 to 1302 Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 718, §11; Acts 1982, No. 769, §3.

RS 17:1254 - §§1254 to 1302 Repealed by Acts 1982, No. 718, §11; Acts 1982, No. 769, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1315. Purchase of annuities by school boards for teachers and other school employees; income taxation thereof

RS 17:1315 - Purchase of annuities by school boards for teachers and other school employees; income taxation thereof
A. For the purpose of providing tax-sheltered annuities to its teachers and other employees, each parish school board and each city school board is hereby authorized to purchase annuities from any insurer or insurers authorized to do business in this state, and for this purpose each school board may enter into agreements with any of its teachers and other employees to provide that the teacher's or other employee's salary may be reduced by the amount set aside to purchase his or her annuity, even though such reduction may bring the net salary paid below the minimum salary required by law.
B. The provisions of this section shall not operate to repeal R.S. 17:864, but shall be supplemental thereto.
C. Any amounts so set aside and used to purchase annuities as provided in Subsection A of this Section shall not be subject to state income taxation in the year so set aside and used to purchase such annuities, but said amounts shall be subject to state income taxation in the years and to the extent in which such teachers and other school employees actually receive payments under said annuities.
Added by Acts 1963, No. 117, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 371, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1371.1. School districts formed under R.S. 17:1371; confirmation

RS 17:1371.1 - School districts formed under R.S. 17:1371; confirmation
School districts heretofore formed in a manner permitted by R.S. 17:1371 as amended by Act 159 of 1950, are hereby ratified and confirmed, to the same extent as though said authority existed at the time of their formation or establishment.
Added by Acts 1950, No. 159, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1371.2. Proceedings for creation of school districts, incurring of indebtedness, special taxes; confirmation

RS 17:1371.2 - Proceedings for creation of school districts, incurring of indebtedness, special taxes; confirmation
All proceedings heretofore had by the parish school board of any parish creating or purporting to create any school district in such parish, and any proceedings which may have been heretofore had in any such district for the authorization of bonds, certificates of indebtedness or special taxes, are hereby validated, ratified and confirmed, and each such district is hereby found and declared to be a validly existing school district possessing all powers permitted to be exercised by school districts under the laws of Louisiana. All special taxes so voted at elections in such districts may be levied as authorized in such elections, and any such district which has heretofore voted or authorized the issuance of bonds or certificates of indebtedness which have not yet been issued may proceed with the issuance thereof pursuant to proceedings therefor heretofore taken, as such proceedings now exist or may hereafter be amended by the parish school board.
Added by Acts 1954, No. 303, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1372. Establishment of sub-districts; restrictions; special taxes and bond issues

RS 17:1372 - Establishment of sub-districts; restrictions; special taxes and bond issues
School sub-districts shall not be created within a school district except as provided in this Section.
A parish school board may, with the approval of the Louisiana State Bond and Tax Board, create a school sub-district within a district whenever the population of such district has suddenly increased by reason of industrial or oil development.
Bond issues and special taxes may be voted in such sub-district in the manner provided by law for school districts.
After the creation of a school sub-district as provided in this Section, the property therein shall be subject to taxation for the retirement and payment of bonds and special taxes previously voted and levied in the old district, and for the retirement and payment of bond issues and special taxes thereafter voted by the qualified voters of the sub-district.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1373. Parish school board as governing body of school districts; authority to hold special school tax elections

RS 17:1373 - Parish school board as governing body of school districts; authority to hold special school tax elections
The parish school board is the governing body of all school districts created by it and has the power to order, conduct and hold all elections in these districts for purposes of voting special school taxes.
The governing body of a school district composed of parts of two or more adjoining parishes shall be and remain, as long as the school district continues in existence, the parish school board of the parish in which is situated the greatest amount of taxable property as shown by the assessment rolls of the adjoining parishes.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1377. Validation of existing consolidated districts; proceedings for bond issues

RS 17:1377 - Validation of existing consolidated districts; proceedings for bond issues
Consolidated school districts created by parish school boards prior to July 28, 1948 are approved, validated and ratified and their legal existence recognized. Any proceedings therefore taken by any parish school board to authorize the issuance of bonds of such consolidated school districts under any laws then existing are approved, validated, and ratified, and such proceedings may be completed under any of those laws that may be applicable.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1378. Assumption by consolidated districts of indebtedness of included districts; election required

RS 17:1378 - Assumption by consolidated districts of indebtedness of included districts; election required
Any consolidated school district may assume all or any part of the bonded or other indebtedness of any school district included therein at its creation. The assumption must be approved by a majority of the qualified electors of each of the consolidated school districts at an election to be held for the purpose in accordance with the uniform procedure for the conduct of special elections provided for in Act 18 of the First Extraordinary Session of 1975.
Amended by Acts 1975, No. 353, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1379. Consolidation of school systems; call of election

RS 17:1379 - Consolidation of school systems; call of election
An election shall be called for the purpose of consolidating two or more school systems, in accordance with Article VIII, Section 10(C) of the Constitution of Louisiana, pursuant to an act of the legislature or a resolution adopted by each of the affected school boards. Consolidation of two or more school systems shall be subject to the approval by a majority of the electors voting, in each school system affected, in such election held for this purpose.
Acts 2012, No. 691, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1421. §§1421 to 1425 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.

RS 17:1421 - §§1421 to 1425 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1441. §§1421, 1422 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.

RS 17:1441 - §§1421, 1422 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1451. §§1451, 1452 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.

RS 17:1451 - §§1451, 1452 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1455. Meetings of board; quorum and vote for official action

RS 17:1455 - Meetings of board; quorum and vote for official action
A. The board shall hold at least one regular meeting in each quarter of each calendar year. Other regular meetings and special meetings may be called and held as provided in the bylaws, or by any rule, regulation or resolution adopted by the board. The board shall fix the time and determine the place of all meetings.
B. Ten members of the board, eligible to vote, shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of official business. Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 17:3356, or of any other law to the contrary, official action of the board shall require the favorable vote of a majority of the members present and voting, and in any event the favorable vote of at least seven members must be cast in favor of any such action. Voting by proxy is prohibited.
Amended by Acts 1976, No. 135, §1, eff. July 1, 1976; Acts 1978, No. 52, §2, eff. June 7, 1978; Acts 1997, No. 543, §1, eff. July 3, 1997.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1456. Officers and employees of the board

RS 17:1456 - Officers and employees of the board
At its first regular meeting in the third quarter of each calendar year the board shall elect from its voting membership a chairman and a vice-chairman, who shall also be chairman-elect, and may elect such other officers as it may deem necessary. Each officer shall serve for a term of one year or until his successor is duly elected, qualified and inducted into office.
The chairman shall preside over all meetings of the board, and shall appoint the members of all committees. In the absence of the chairman, his duties shall be performed by the chairman-elect.
The secretary to the board, designated in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 17:3302, shall be responsible for keeping the minutes of the meetings of the board and its committees and shall be the custodian of the seal of the university and of all the records of the board. The board shall appoint suitable persons, who are not members of the board, to act as its administrative secretary and its assistant administrative secretary. The administrative secretary shall have custody, under the supervision and control of the secretary, of the seal and records of the board. The administrative secretary shall cause to be filed, indexed and preserved the minutes, papers and documents pertaining to the business, affairs and proceedings of the board and of its committees.
Copies of all minutes, papers and other documents of the board or of its committees may be certified to be true and correct copies thereof by the chairman, the secretary, the administrative secretary or the assistant administrative secretary.
Amended by Acts 1976, No. 135, §1, eff. July 1, 1976.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1457. §§1457 to 1462 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.

RS 17:1457 - §§1457 to 1462 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1471. §§1471 to 1474 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.

RS 17:1471 - §§1471 to 1474 Repealed by Acts 1975, No. 313, §3, eff. July 17, 1975.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1492. Louisiana Geological Survey

RS 17:1492 - Louisiana Geological Survey
The Louisiana Geological Survey shall be located at Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and shall be a part of that institution. The Louisiana Geological Survey shall maintain current surface and subsurface geological surveys of the entire state and shall work in cooperation with other state entities and other political subdivisions as appropriate and required by law.
Acts 1997, No. 239, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1501. Louisiana State University at Alexandria; governance; location

RS 17:1501 - Louisiana State University at Alexandria; governance; location
Louisiana State University at Alexandria is an institution within the Louisiana State University system and under the supervision and management of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College as provided in R.S. 17:3215. This school shall be located in the vicinity of the city of Alexandria, Rapides Parish, Louisiana.
Amended by Acts 2001, No. 402, §1, eff. June 14, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1501.1. Louisiana State University at Alexandria; baccalaureate degrees authorized

RS 17:1501.1 - Louisiana State University at Alexandria; baccalaureate degrees authorized
A. The Board of Regents may provide for the conversion of Louisiana State University at Alexandria to an institution offering baccalaureate degrees.
B. Louisiana State University at Alexandria is recognized and defined as an institution offering baccalaureate degrees. The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College and the Board of Regents shall provide for implementation accordingly, subject to the provisions of this Section.
Acts 2000, 2d Ex. Sess., No. 4, §1, eff. June 28, 2000; Acts 2001, No. 402, §1, eff. June 14, 2001.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1501.2. Tuition and attendance fee amounts; Louisiana State University at Alexandria

RS 17:1501.2 - Tuition and attendance fee amounts; Louisiana State University at Alexandria
In addition to the authority granted to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College by R.S. 17:3351(A)(5), 3351.1, and 3351.5, and Act No. 493 of the 1999 Regular Session of the Legislature and in accordance with the provisions of Article VII, Section 2.1(A) of the Constitution of Louisiana, the board may impose the following tuition and attendance fee amounts for students, as applicable, at Louisiana State University at Alexandria:
(1) A tuition amount of nine hundred seventy-three dollars per semester effective for the Fall, 2003 semester and an additional increase of one hundred sixty-seven dollars per semester effective for the Fall, 2004 semester and thereafter.
(2) Effective for the Fall, 2003 semester and thereafter:
(a) A registration fee of fifteen dollars.
(b) A laboratory fee of ten dollars per laboratory course hour.
(c) A one-time international student fee of sixty dollars.
Acts 2003, No. 1023, §1, eff. July 2, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1511. College established; four-year college curriculum

RS 17:1511 - College established; four-year college curriculum
A. There is hereby established, in accordance with the approval thereof granted by the Louisiana Coordinating Council for Higher Education in January, 1972, as a branch or extension of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, a four-year college which shall be located in the Shreveport-Bossier City area, and shall be designated as Louisiana State University in Shreveport.
B. The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is authorized and directed to evolve and effectuate such plans as are necessary to convert the existing two-year institution located in the Shreveport-Bossier City area and designated as Louisiana State University in Shreveport as a four-year institution of higher learning.
C. REPEALED BY ACTS 1991, NO. 14, §1.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 41, §1. Amended by Acts 1972, No. 66, §1; Acts 1991, No. 14, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1512. Location; land acquisition and construction

RS 17:1512 - Location; land acquisition and construction
The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall determine the location for the college, shall acquire the necessary land therefor and shall construct, equip and furnish the buildings necessary therefor.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 41, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1516. Creation; administration

RS 17:1516 - Creation; administration
A. The Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport is hereby created and established at Shreveport, Louisiana.
B. The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College shall administer the affairs of the institution herein provided for.
Added by Acts 1965, No. 2, §§1, 2; Acts 2005, No. 145, §1, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1517.1. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport; utilization of hospital revenues

RS 17:1517.1 - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport; utilization of hospital revenues
In the event that the Louisiana State University Hospital at Shreveport generates revenues for the provision of health care services to patients in excess of hospital-based expenditures during the course of a state fiscal year, amounts in excess of thirty million dollars shall not be utilized to fund the non-hospital expenditures of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at Shreveport during that fiscal year.
Acts 2008, No. 562, §1, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1518.2. Huey P. Long Medical Center; administration

RS 17:1518.2 - Huey P. Long Medical Center; administration
The LSU Health Sciences Center at Shreveport, through its chancellor, shall enter into a cooperative endeavor agreement with Tulane University Health Sciences Center to include the current residency program in obstetrics offered by Tulane University Health Sciences Center.
Acts 2007, No. 220, §1, eff. July 2, 2007.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1519. Title

RS 17:1519 - Title
This Subpart shall be known as the "Louisiana State University Health Care Services Division Act".
Acts 1997, No. 3, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 802, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 872, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
NOTE: See Acts 2003, No. 872, §3, relative to provisions of Acts 2003, No. 906, superceding Act 872.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1519.3. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans; health care services division organization

RS 17:1519.3 - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans; health care services division organization
A. The division and its component hospitals shall be under the immediate direction and control of the LSU HSC–NO subject to the overall direction, supervision, and management of the board.
B. No hospital nor any emergency room may be closed without legislative approval. Such approval may be granted by the legislature either by concurrent resolution or by appropriate action in the General Appropriation Act.
C. The board or the division shall not authorize a hospital to reduce healthcare services provided by any one of the hospitals of the health care services division in any manner which causes expenditures of any hospital to be reduced on an annualized basis by greater than thirty-five percent of the previous fiscal year actual spending level. If any services are reduced by greater than fifteen percent in any one year, legislative approval shall be obtained before reducing such services greater than fifteen percent in any year for the next three years. Funding may be provided by any local, regional, state, federal, or private sources to augment existing funding or to restore reduced funding.
D. In no event shall emergency medical treatment be denied to anyone in the nearest general hospital owned or operated by the board.
E. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans shall furnish to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare the same reports that are prepared quarterly and submitted to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. Such reports shall be submitted at the same time that they are made available to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget.
F. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans shall furnish to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare the same reports that are furnished to the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College. Such report shall be submitted at the same time that they are made available to the Board of Supervisors. Such reports shall include but not be limited to a fiscal year overview and any planned reductions at division hospitals.
G. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans shall furnish to the Senate and House committees on health and welfare quarterly reports, individually by hospital, on the length of time that patients wait for services provided by the division hospitals.
Acts 1997, No. 3, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 141, §1, eff. June 9, 1999; Acts 1999, No. 802, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2001, No. 1024, §1, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2004, No. 629, §1; Acts 2019, No. 21, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1519.4. Objects of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in operating the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans hospitals

RS 17:1519.4 - Objects of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center in operating the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans hospitals
A. The LSU Health Sciences Centers shall establish an overall role, scope, and mission statement for hospitals of the division consistent with state law and the historical mission of the hospitals of providing medical care to any resident of the state of Louisiana, including the medically indigent and uninsured population.
(1) In developing the role, scope, and mission, the LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans shall consult with the respective hospital advisory committees and administrative boards to increase the number of minority doctors, relying on evidence-based guidelines to determine what care is given.
(2) The LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans shall submit such recommendations to the board for approval.
B. The objects and purposes of the LSU Health Sciences Center-New Orleans in operating the hospitals of the division shall include:
(1) Providing access to high quality medical care for patients, including the medically indigent and uninsured.
(2) Developing medical and clinical manpower through accredited residency and other health education programs.
(3) Operating efficiently and cost effectively with the revenue it reasonably expects to collect, as reflected in the operating budget approved by the board.
(4) While achieving its objectives, working cooperatively with other health care providers and agencies to improve health outcomes.
C. Those persons who are determined not to be medically indigent or uninsured and who present with non-emergency medical conditions or requiring services not otherwise available shall be admitted on a space available basis and shall be reasonably charged for treatment or service received.
Acts 1997, No. 3, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 2001, No. 1024, §§1 and 2, eff. July 1, 2001; Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1519.8. Audit and reporting requirements

RS 17:1519.8 - Audit and reporting requirements
A. The division will engage in audits of its financial transactions under the same terms and with the same frequency as other components of the Louisiana State University system.
B. The division will issue routine reports of its operations under the same terms and with the same frequency as other components of the Louisiana State University system, or as otherwise required of all hospitals licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health.
C. Beginning July 1, 2003, the division shall report to the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget and the Louisiana Department of Health quarterly on the division's actual and projected expenses and revenues. The reports shall include, for each hospital and the executive administration and general support program, a complete and detailed accounting on a cash basis of all revenues by source, including but not limited to, state general fund, Medicaid, Medicaid-Uncompensated Care, Medicare, self-pay and commercial insurance, federal grants, and receipts from any other public or private entity, and all expenditures for the prior quarter in a form and manner approved by the Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget. The reports shall also include, for each hospital and the executive administration and general support program for the current quarter and the next three quarters, projections of the costs that will be eligible for reimbursement from Medicaid payments or uncompensated care payments to be made by the Louisiana Department of Health.
Acts 1997, No. 3, §1, eff. July 1, 1997; Acts 1999, No. 802, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1519.11. E.A. Conway Medical Center; Advisory Council

RS 17:1519.11 - E.A. Conway Medical Center; Advisory Council
A.(1) E.A. Conway Medical Center Advisory Council is hereby established. The council shall consist of fourteen members who shall serve without compensation. Legislators representing the parishes of Caldwell, East Carroll, Franklin, Jackson, Lincoln, Madison, Morehouse, Ouachita, Richland, Tensas, Union, and West Carroll shall each appoint a member to serve on the advisory council. One member shall be appointed by the hospital administrator. One member shall be appointed by the hospital employee union.
(2) Each member of the council shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Members may serve two successive terms only.
(3) The council shall meet at least once in each quarter of each calendar year or upon call of the secretary or the chairman. Seven members shall constitute a quorum. The council shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman and secretary, and such committees as it deems necessary to carry out its duties, each for a term of one year. All meetings of the council shall be public, and except as otherwise provided by law, all records of the council shall be open to inspection.
(4) Within thirty days after their appointment, the members of the council shall take an oath, before any person authorized to administer oaths, to faithfully and impartially perform their duties. Such oaths shall be filed with the secretary of state.
(5) The domicile of the council shall be in the city of Monroe.
B. The council shall:
(1) Inquire into the needs of the population and health care providers in the catchment area, the matter of the policies thereof, and make such recommendations with respect thereto as may be deemed important and necessary for the welfare of the catchment area, the health of the public in this area, and the welfare and progress of the hospitals in the catchment area.
(2) Confer and advise the hospital administrator as to how the council may best serve the E.A. Conway Medical Center.
Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
NOTE: See R.S. 17:1518(H) as enacted by Acts 2003, No. 872, relative to E.A. Conway Medical Center Advisory Council.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1519.14. Southern University Planning Council

RS 17:1519.14 - Southern University Planning Council
A. There is hereby established the Southern University Planning Council within the LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans-health care services division.
B. The Southern University Planning Council shall be composed of three representatives from Southern University appointed by the chancellor of Southern University and Agricultural and Mechanical College in Baton Rouge and three representatives from LSU Health Sciences Center New Orleans appointed by its chancellor.
C. The Southern University Planning Council shall meet as often as necessary for the purpose of coordinating nursing and other health training programs at the Earl K. Long Medical Center in Baton Rouge.
Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003; Acts 2019, No. 21, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1519.15. Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Advisory Council

RS 17:1519.15 - Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Advisory Council
A.(1) Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center Advisory Council is hereby established. The council shall consist of eleven members who shall serve without compensation. Legislators representing the parishes of St. Helena and Tangipahoa shall appoint nine members to serve on the advisory council. Each legislator representing portions of St. Helena and Tangipahoa parish shall appoint one member. One member shall be appointed by the hospital administrator. One member shall be appointed by the hospital employee union.
(2) Each member of the council shall hold office until the appointment and qualification of his successor. Members shall be appointed for a term of four years. Members may serve two successive terms only.
(3) The council shall meet at least once in each quarter of each calendar year or upon call of the secretary or the chairman. Six members shall constitute a quorum. The council shall elect from its members a chairman, a vice chairman and secretary, and such committees as it deems necessary to carry out its duties, each for a term of one year. All meetings of the council shall be public, and except as otherwise provided by law, all records of the council shall be open to inspection.
(4) Within thirty days after their appointment, the members of the council shall take an oath, before any person authorized to administer oaths, to faithfully and impartially perform their duties. Such oaths shall be filed with the secretary of state.
(5) The domicile of the council shall be in the city of Independence.
B. The council shall:
(1) Inquire into the needs of the population and health care providers in the catchment area, the matter of the policies thereof, and make such recommendations with respect thereto as may be deemed important and necessary for the welfare of the catchment area, the health of the public in this area, and the welfare and progress of the hospitals in the catchment area.
(2) Confer and advise the hospital administrator as to how the council may best serve the Lallie Kemp Regional Medical Center.
Acts 2003, No. 906, §1, eff. July 1, 2003.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1519.16. Employees of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center medical centers; health care professional employee pools

RS 17:1519.16 - Employees of Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center medical centers; health care professional employee pools
A. The legislature recognizes that it is important that the LSU HSC medical centers are competitive in employing scarce health care professionals to meet staffing shortages and to supplement the core of permanent classified health care professionals.
B.(1) For the purposes provided in Subsection A of this Section, each LSU HSC medical center may facilitate the employment of health care professionals for the medical center by establishing an unclassified health care professional employee pool, hereinafter in this Section referred to as a "pool". As more specifically provided in this Section and in R.S. 11:162(E) and R.S. 42:398 and 808(D), employees in positions in any such pool shall not be eligible for the same benefits as classified health care professionals.
(2)(a) For purposes of this Section, a "health care professional" shall mean a licensed registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse and such allied health professionals as shall be agreed upon by the particular medical center and the State Civil Service Commission.
(b) For purposes of this Section, an "LSU HSC medical center" shall mean any of the medical centers or hospitals operated by and under the authority of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College as enumerated in R.S. 17:1519.2(B).
C. A pool shall be comprised of unclassified health care professionals employed by a particular LSU HSC medical center for the purposes provided in Subsection A of this Section. The inclusion of a position in a pool shall be subject to the prior approval by the State Civil Service Commission and notification to AFSCME Louisiana Council 17. Approved unclassified pool positions shall not exceed ten percent of full-time equivalencies in any approved category without approval of the state Department of Civil Service and concurrence of AFSCME Louisiana Council 17.
D. If a health care professional will be employed in a pool position, the appointing authority shall provide the prospective employee information about the position as otherwise required by law, including R.S. 11:162(E) and R.S. 42:398 and 808(D).
E. An employee who is employed in a position in a pool may be employed on a full-time or a part-time basis.
Acts 2005, No. 223, §2, eff. July 1, 2005.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1519.17. Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center medical centers' physicians; authority to render certain opinions

RS 17:1519.17 - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center medical centers' physicians; authority to render certain opinions
Each licensed physician serving on the staff of any of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center medical centers and his full-time supervisory medical staff member, by joint signature, are hereby required, when requested by a social security claimant who is, or who has been, a patient of the physician at such medical center and who has a treating relationship with the patient in the appropriate field and sufficient knowledge to render an opinion, to provide descriptive statements and opinions for the patient with respect to the patient's medical condition, employability, and ability to function, upon which disability determinations may be based. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit a medical center from requiring payment for the medical center's current evaluation and management level services, but no such service shall be denied due to a patient's inability to pay. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit Social Security Administration funding from being used to pay for such services.
Acts 2008, No. 549, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §8.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1519.18. University Medical Center in Lafayette; coordinated school health and wellness centers pilot program

RS 17:1519.18 - University Medical Center in Lafayette; coordinated school health and wellness centers pilot program
A. The legislature hereby finds and declares that good health is essential to a child's success in school and in life, and that delivery of basic health care and family support services in a school-based setting is a highly practical and fiscally prudent means of achieving positive outcomes in the overall well-being of children, their families, and communities of this state.
B. The University Medical Center in Lafayette is hereby authorized to enter into a cooperative endeavor with the Lafayette Parish School System to develop a pilot program for coordinated school health and wellness centers.
C. The goals of the pilot program shall include, without limitation, the following:
(1) To provide primary care services to students and their family members such that avoidable emergency department utilization is reduced and reliance on costly treatments for preventable conditions diminishes in the community.
(2) To provide incentives which facilitate greater involvement on the part of parents and other family members in the education of children.
(3) To further provide for increased access to preventive care and treatment delivered in schools and other community-based settings.
(4) To optimize Medicaid federal financial participation through provision of primary care.
(5) To adapt successfully to systemic health policy changes during and pursuant to implementation of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (P.L. 111-148) in a manner which maximizes health benefits to children and families.
(6) To design its system of services in such a manner as to facilitate replication of the program by partnerships among other hospitals and schools of this state.
D. No later than six months after commencement of services of the pilot program, and annually thereafter, the University Medical Center in Lafayette, in collaboration with the Lafayette Parish School System and other community partners of the program, shall develop a written report comprising an evaluation of major program aspects and shall submit such report to the House Committee on Education, the Senate Committee on Education, the House Committee on Health and Welfare, and the Senate Committee on Health and Welfare.
E. The pilot program provided for in this Section shall be subject to the availability of funds for such purpose. The source of monies for the pilot program may be any appropriation by the legislature, including federal funds, any public or private donations, gifts, or grants from individuals, corporations, nonprofit organizations, or other business entities, and any other monies which may be provided by law.
F. The pilot program provided for in this Section shall not offer any services, counseling, or referral activities which are prohibited pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 40:31.3(C).
Acts 2012, No. 421, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1521. Establishment

RS 17:1521 - Establishment
The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is hereby authorized to establish, as a branch or extension of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College a two-year junior commuters' college which shall be located at Eunice in the Eunice, Crowley, Jennings and Ville Platte area.
Added by Acts 1964, No. 74, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1531. Establishment

RS 17:1531 - Establishment
The Board of Supervisors of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College is hereby authorized to establish, as a branch or extension of Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College, a two-year junior commuters' college which shall be located in one of the parishes of Catahoula, Concordia, Tensas, LaSalle, Franklin and Caldwell at a location which the board of supervisors determines as in the best interests of the state, after consideration of geographical factors and potential attendance factors.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 163, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 17 - Education › §17:1541. Collection and publication of historical records

RS 17:1541 - Collection and publication of historical records
The Louisiana State University and Agricultural and Mechanical College may, through its department of archives, receive and collect public records or documents and materials bearing upon the history of the state, edit and publish official records and other historical materials, and make a survey of the official records of the state, its parishes and other subdivisions.