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2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.27. Judicial commitment; review

RS 40:31.27 - Judicial commitment; review
A. A written report on each person committed pursuant to the provisions of this Part shall be submitted every ninety days by the treatment facility to the committing court. The report shall include but need not be limited to the committed person's response to treatment, his current condition, and the reasons, if any, why continued involuntary treatment is necessary to improve his condition or to prevent it from deteriorating. The report shall be treated by the court as confidential and shall not be available for public examination, nor shall it be subject to discovery in any proceedings other than those initiated pursuant to this Part.
B. Persons committed judicially shall have their cases reviewed in a hearing annually. The annual hearing shall be conducted according to the procedures and standards set forth by the district court for the judicial district in which the person is being confined and may be conducted through telecommunications, community antenna television, or other such technology. The court may at any time, however, upon application or upon its own motion, order a new hearing to be held in order to determine whether the involuntary status should be continued.
C. A person who is judicially committed shall be allowed to appeal devolutively from the order to the court of appeal. If the lower court finds the individual indigent, it shall allow the appeal to be taken in forma pauperis.
D. Upon affirmation of the order of commitment, the person may apply for appropriate writs from the supreme court.
E. Nothing in this Part shall deny the right of habeas corpus, including an application based upon a change of circumstances. The hearing for habeas corpus may be conducted through telecommunications, community antenna television, or other such technology.
Acts 1995, No. 373, §1, eff. June 16, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.28. Discharge

RS 40:31.28 - Discharge
A. The director of the treatment facility, upon the recommendation of the state health officer or his designee, or the court may discharge the person. The director and the official making the recommendation shall not be legally responsible to any person for the subsequent acts or behavior of a person discharged in good faith and in accordance with the provisions of this Part.
B.(1) A person who is committed to a treatment facility for active tuberculosis may be conditionally discharged for a period of up to one year by the director, upon the recommendation of the state health officer or his designee, or by a court of competent jurisdiction after a hearing. The person may be required to report for outpatient treatment as a condition of his release. The terms and conditions of the conditional discharge shall be specifically set forth in writing and signed by the person. A copy of the conditional discharge shall be given to the person and explained to him before he is discharged.
(2) If the person is conditionally discharged by the director upon the recommendation of the state health officer or his designee, a copy of the conditional discharge shall be sent to the court which judicially committed him and to the person's counsel of record. If the person is conditionally discharged by the court, a copy of the conditional discharge shall be sent to the director of the treatment facility to which the person has been committed, the state health officer or his designee, and the committed person's counsel of record.
(3) The director, upon the recommendation of the state health officer or his designee, or the court may extend the conditional discharge of a person for a period of up to two years and the person may be required to report for outpatient treatment as a condition of his release. The terms and conditions of the extension of the conditional discharge shall be specifically set forth in writing and signed by the person. A copy of the extension of the conditional discharge shall be given to the person and explained to him.
(4) If a conditional discharge is extended by the director upon the recommendation of the state health officer or his designee, a copy of the extension shall be sent to the court which judicially committed the person and to the person's counsel of record. If the conditional discharge is extended by the court, a copy of the extension shall be sent to the director, to the state health officer or his designee, and to the person's counsel of record.
(5) If a person does not comply with the terms and conditions of his conditional discharge, he shall be subject to any of the procedures for involuntary treatment, including but not limited to the issuance of an order for protective custody. A conditionally discharged person who is confined pursuant to any of these involuntary procedures shall have all rights of a person committed involuntarily, including the right to periodic reports and review and an annual hearing pursuant to the provisions of this Part.
Acts 1995, No. 373, §1, eff. June 16, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.29. Costs

RS 40:31.29 - Costs
A. Court costs not to exceed one hundred dollars per hearing shall be established by the court and ordered paid in the discretion of the court by the Louisiana Department of Health and shall be disbursed based on a schedule of costs to be established and administered by the court presiding over the matter.
B. Reasonable compensation of appointed counsel shall be established by the court. If it is determined by the court that the costs shall not be borne by the person, then compensation to the attorney shall be paid by the Louisiana Department of Health based upon a schedule of costs to be established and administered by the court presiding over the matter, but not to exceed two hundred dollars per hearing per confined person. The person shall have the right to privately retained and paid counsel at any time.
C. A court reporter recording any of the proceedings and preparing any transcripts provided for by this Part shall be paid by the Louisiana Department of Health based upon a schedule of costs to be established and administered by the court presiding over the matter. Such costs shall not exceed two hundred dollars per month.
Acts 1995, No. 373, §1, eff. June 16, 1995.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.31. Definitions

RS 40:31.31 - Definitions
As used in this Part:
(1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health except in instances of the issuance of licenses and the collection of fees from transporters and haulers of sewage sludge or biosolids, when "department" means the Department of Environmental Quality.
(2) "Office" means the Louisiana Department of Health, office of public health.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2008, No. 56, §3, eff. July 1, 2009.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.32. Individual sewage fees

RS 40:31.32 - Individual sewage fees
A. In order to partially support the state cost of providing sewerage program services including site assessments and plans and specifications reviews in accordance with state Sanitary Code requirements, the department shall charge and collect the fees as provided by this Section.
B. The department shall charge and collect a one-time fee of one hundred dollars for each individual-type sewerage system installed for residential use. Such fee shall be payable by the manufacturer or, if authorized by the department, manufacturer-authorized system distributor, franchise, sale, or agent thereof.
C. The Department of Environmental Quality shall charge and collect for each sewage hauler license issued an annual fee of one hundred dollars payable by the individual seeking licensure.
D.(1) For each sewerage installer license issued to a person who installs sewage treatment systems, the department shall charge and collect an annual fee of one hundred dollars payable by the individual seeking licensure.
(2) For each sewerage maintenance license issued to a person who maintains or services sewage treatment systems, the department shall charge and collect an annual fee of one hundred dollars payable by the individual seeking licensure.
(3) For each combination installer and maintenance license issued to a person who installs and maintains or services sewage treatment systems, the department shall charge and collect an annual fee of one hundred dollars payable by the individual seeking licensure.
E.(1) The department shall charge and collect an inspection fee of one hundred dollars for each sewerage treatment and interrelated systems inspection or related request associated with loanmaking procedures for existing residential and commercial properties. The fee shall be payable by the individual requesting such inspection or related activity.
(2) The provisions of Paragraph (1) of this Subsection shall not be effective unless the department complies with the provisions of R.S. 40:1281.23.
F. The fees established in this Section shall replace the fees under the heading "Sewerage" promulgated in the June 20, 1989, Louisiana Register. The increased annual fees shall be due upon renewal of existing annual permits.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2004, No. 667, §2, eff. July 5, 2004; Acts 2008, No. 56, §3, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.33. Safe drinking water fee; exemptions

RS 40:31.33 - Safe drinking water fee; exemptions
A.(1) The department shall charge an annual fee of twelve dollars per metered connection or account for community systems. The fee shall be collected from each consumer by the community system provider in not less than quarterly installments and remitted to the department, in quarterly payments minus five percent per metered connection or account to be retained by the community system provider for administrative costs for the collection of the fee.
(2) Metered connections servicing installations or accounts that are not involved in providing drinking water shall not be assessed the fee.
B. In order to comply with the provisions of R.S. 40:5.6 and the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, the department shall charge an annual fee of one hundred dollars for noncommunity systems.
C. The funds remitted to the department pursuant to Subsections A and B of this Section shall be used for the following purposes:
(1) To comply with the provisions of R.S. 40:5.6 and the federal Safe Drinking Water Act.
(2) To offset the annual costs of the Louisiana Rural Water Association in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars.
(3) To fund up to forty additional sanitarian positions within the department based upon the number of sanitarian positions funded by the department on July 1, 2016.
D. The fee collected pursuant to Subsections A and B of this Section shall be known as the "Safe Drinking Water Fee".
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2003, No. 154, §1; Acts 2016, No. 605, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2017.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.34. Infectious waste permits

RS 40:31.34 - Infectious waste permits
A. The department shall charge and collect an annual infectious waste permit fee from each transporter of potentially infectious biomedical waste for which a permit is required under the state Sanitary Code. The fee shall be two hundred dollars for each transporter facility, including one transport body or vehicle, plus fifty dollars for each additional vehicle.
B. The department shall charge and collect an annual infectious waste permit fee for each facility for storage and treatment of potentially infectious biomedical waste for which a permit is required by the state Sanitary Code. The fee shall be two hundred dollars per storage site or storage and treatment site.
C. A properly permitted transport body or vehicle used for the storage at the site of a generator of potentially infectious biomedical waste will not be required to have a storage permit.
D. The fees established in this Section shall replace the fees promulgated in the July 20, 1991, Louisiana Register and shall apply to renewals of said permits.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1, eff. July 1, 2000.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.35. Commercial seafood permit fee

RS 40:31.35 - Commercial seafood permit fee
A. The department shall charge and collect an annual commercial seafood permit fee to partially support the cost of inspection, monitoring, sampling, and laboratory analysis as mandated by the state Sanitary Code. The fee shall be collected from each seafood distributor and processing plant based on gross revenues of the plant or distributor as follows:
Revenues Annual fee
$1,000,000 and under $ 150.00
$1,000,001 - $2,500,000 250.00
$2,500,001 - $5,000,000 350.00
over $5,000,000 500.00
B. The department shall charge and collect a shellfish transplant permit fee of one hundred dollars.
C. The department shall charge and collect an imported seafood safety fee of one hundred dollars annually from each holder of a commercial seafood permit fee who sells imported seafood. The proceeds of such fee shall be used for the purposes described in R.S. 40:5.10.1.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2021, No. 306, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.36. Health unit fees

RS 40:31.36 - Health unit fees
A. The department shall charge and collect a ten-dollar administrative fee in parish health units for each childhood vaccination visit by a patient whose other pediatric services are provided outside of the department's system.
B. The department shall charge and collect an administrative fee of twenty-five dollars in parish health units for administering international immunizations for foreign travel. In addition, the patient shall be responsible for the parish health unit's current cost of yellow fever, cholera, and typhoid vaccines.
C. The department shall charge and collect a clinic service copayment fee of five dollars per clinic service and five dollars per pharmacy service, not to exceed ten dollars per clinic visit, for each service performed at a parish health unit. Such fee shall not apply to visits paid for under Subsection A or B of this Section.
D. The provisions of this Section shall not apply to Title XIX recipients, Title XXI recipients, and those documenting financial status at or below one hundred percent of the applicable federal poverty guideline as published in the Federal Register by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
E. The fees charged in Subsections A and B of this Section shall be in lieu of those promulgated by the department in the June 20, 1989, Louisiana Register for childhood immunizations and for international immunizations.
Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 125, §1, eff. July 1, 2000; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.38. Office of public health reinspection fees

RS 40:31.38 - Office of public health reinspection fees
A. As used in this Section, the following terms and phrases have the meaning ascribed to them in this Subsection:
(1) "Critical item" has the meaning ascribed in the sanitary code, LAC 51:XXIII.101.
(2)(a) "Initial inspection" means any routine, complaint-based, or pre-opening inspection of a commercial facility conducted to determine compliance with the sanitary code that identifies either a minimum of five sanitary code violations or a minimum of one sanitary code violation constituting a critical item that is not corrected during the inspection.
(b) Any reinspection that identifies either a minimum of five sanitary code violations or a minimum of one sanitary code violation constituting a critical item, and in which none of the violations were previously identified in the most recent inspection, constitutes an initial inspection for purposes of this Section.
(3) "Reinspection" means any inspection subsequent to an initial inspection conducted to determine remedial compliance related to any sanitary code violation identified during an initial inspection.
(4) "Second or subsequent reinspection" means any reinspection conducted following a prior reinspection and that identifies either a minimum of five sanitary code violations or a minimum of one sanitary code violation constituting a critical item that remains uncorrected after being identified either in an initial inspection or in a reinspection.
B.(1) The department may conduct a reinspection of any commercial facility subject to regulation and inspection by the department pursuant to R.S. 40:4 or 5.
(2) The department shall charge a fee of one hundred fifty dollars to conduct any second or subsequent reinspection, which shall be assessed to the owner of the reinspected facility by notice served in the same manner provided for in the sanitary code for service of a notice of violation.
(3) Failure of the owner to pay the fee within thirty days of service shall be grounds for the issuance of an order revoking any permit held by the owner. The order shall be subject to an adjudicatory hearing before the division of administrative law if requested by the owner within the time limit set forth in the order.
(4) The department shall not issue any permit to the owner of an unpermitted facility until any fee for a second or subsequent reinspection is paid.
Acts 2017, No. 66, §1, special eff. date.
NOTE: Acts 2017, No. 66, §2 provides that authorization for assessment of a fee for a violation not constituting a "critical item", as defined in §1 of the Act, is effective March 1, 2018; otherwise provides that the remainder of the Act is effective upon signature of the governor (June 3, 2017).
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.39. Dairy farms and plants; milk plants; permit fees; definitions

RS 40:31.39 - Dairy farms and plants; milk plants; permit fees; definitions
A.(1) The department shall charge an annual fee in the amount of ninety dollars per permit issued to a dairy farm.
(2) As used in this Subsection, the term "dairy farm" means any place or premises where one or more cows, goats, sheep, water buffaloes, or other hooved mammals are kept for milking and from which a part or all of the milk produced is provided, sold, or offered for sale to a dairy plant, transfer station, or receiving station possessing a permit from the Louisiana Department of Health.
B.(1) The department shall charge an annual fee in the amount of three hundred dollars per permit issued to a dairy plant.
(2) As used in this Subsection, the term "dairy plant" means any place, premises, or establishment where milk, milk products including frozen desserts, frozen dessert mixes, filled milk or filled milk products, anomalous milk, anomalous milk products or anomalous dairy products, and dairy products are collected, handled, processed, stored, pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized, aseptically processed, churned, frozen, dried, blended, concentrated, condensed, packaged, or prepared for distribution and where milk tank trucks are cleaned and sanitized when received. The term also includes out-of-state facilities and establishments whose products are sold or distributed within the state of Louisiana.
C.(1) The department shall charge an annual fee in the amount of three hundred dollars per permit issued to a single service milk and milk product container or closure manufacturing plant.
(2) As used in this Subsection, the term "single service milk and milk product container or closure manufacturing plant" means fabricators, converters, printers, closure manufacturers, plastic laminators, sheet formers, blow molders, vacuum formers, plastic extruders, injection molders, preformers, manufacturers of valves, valve parts, tubes, dispensing devices, and sample containers for use with milk or milk products. The term also includes out-of-state facilities and establishments whose products are sold or distributed within the state of Louisiana.
Acts 2018, No. 9, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.41. Legislative intent

RS 40:31.41 - Legislative intent
It is the intent of the legislature to establish a system to collect, analyze, and disseminate data regarding birth defects in the state and to provide information to families of children born with birth defects regarding services available in their community and the development of appropriate prevention programs.
Acts 2001, No. 194, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.42. Definitions

RS 40:31.42 - Definitions
As used in this Part, the following definitions shall apply unless the content clearly states otherwise:
(1) "Advisory board" means the advisory board of the birth defects surveillance system.
(2) "Birth defect" means an abnormality of structure, function, or metabolism that develops during prenatal, perinatal, or early postnatal life that is diagnosed before a child reaches three years of age.
(3) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.
(4) "Office" means the office of public health within the Louisiana Department of Health.
(5) "Reporting source" means any physician, nurse, allied health professional, hospital, laboratory, and any other facility or agent which directly or indirectly provides medical services or other health care to a child affected by a birth defect.
(6) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
(7) "Surveillance system" means the process that is used to collect data about children with birth defects.
Acts 2001, No. 194, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.43. Louisiana Birth Defects Surveillance System

RS 40:31.43 - Louisiana Birth Defects Surveillance System
A. The department shall establish a birth defects surveillance system within the office of public health to collect, analyze, interpret, and disseminate data relative to birth defects in Louisiana.
B. In establishing the surveillance system, the department shall require reporting sources to report information on birth defects to the office. However, reporting sources shall not collect or report information on birth defects of a child to the office whenever there is a written objection by the parent or legal guardian that collecting and reporting such information would conflict with their religious tenets or practices.
C. The system has the authority to collaborate with other interstate and interagency efforts as they relate to the surveillance system.
Acts 2001, No. 194, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.44. Confidentiality

RS 40:31.44 - Confidentiality
Notwithstanding any other provision of the law to the contrary, individual identifying data in the surveillance system shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery. Such data shall not be released unless express written informed consent of a parent or legal guardian has been obtained. Data gathered by the office shall be used only for the purposes set forth in this Part.
Acts 2001, No. 194, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.46. Advisory board

RS 40:31.46 - Advisory board
A. The secretary shall establish an advisory board to make recommendations on the implementation and continuing operation of the surveillance system.
B. The secretary shall appoint nine members, each of whom shall have an expressed interest in a birth defects surveillance system, and shall be appointed in the following manner:
(1) One pediatrician from a list of names submitted by the Louisiana State Medical Society.
(2) One board-certified clinical geneticist from a list of names submitted by Ochsner Clinic.
(3) One board-certified clinical geneticist from a list of names submitted by Tulane University Medical Center.
(4) One board-certified clinical geneticist from a list of names submitted by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-New Orleans.
(5) One board-certified clinical geneticist from a list of names submitted by Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center-Shreveport.
(6) One maternal/fetal medicine physician from a list of names submitted by the March of Dimes.
(7) One parent representative from a list of names compiled from various parent groups or by individual application.
(8) One consumer representative from a list of names compiled from various consumer groups or by individual application.
(9) One epidemiologist employed by or contracted to the department.
C. Each member shall serve at the pleasure of the secretary.
D. Vacancies shall be filled in the manner of the original appointment.
E. The members of the advisory board shall serve on a voluntary basis and shall receive no compensation for their services.
F. The members of the advisory board shall elect from their membership a chairman and a vice chairman.
Acts 2001, No. 194, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.47. Cooperation by other state entities

RS 40:31.47 - Cooperation by other state entities
All departments, commissions, boards, agencies, officers, and institutions of the state and all subdivisions thereof shall cooperate with the office in carrying out the purposes of this Part.
Acts 2001, No. 194, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.61. Legislative intent

RS 40:31.61 - Legislative intent
The Legislature of Louisiana wishes to further efforts by the Parkinson's community to find a cure for this devastating disease by helping to determine how many people in the state suffer from Parkinson's and by gathering vital information from these individuals, such as general age, ethnicity, gender, as well as possible environmental factors that may have played a part in the development of the disease. Thus, it is the intent of the legislature to establish a system to collect and assess information and data regarding the incidence of Parkinson's disease in the state.
Acts 2005, No. 210, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.62. Definitions

RS 40:31.62 - Definitions
As used in this Part, the following definitions shall apply unless the content clearly states otherwise:
(1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.
(2) "Office" means the office of public health within the Louisiana Department of Health.
(3) "Parkinson's disease" means a chronic and progressive neurologic disorder resulting from deficiency of the neurotransmitter dopamine as the consequence of degenerative, vascular, or inflammatory changes in the area of the brain called the basal ganglia. It is characterized by tremor at rest, slow movements, rigidity of movement, droopy posture, muscle weakness, and unsteady or shuffling gait.
(4) "Regional Parkinson's disease incidence reporting areas" means those demographic regions of the state designated by the department that are responsible for collecting and collating Parkinson's disease incidence data. The department may contract with an agency, including but not limited to a health systems agency, a parish health department, multiparish health department grouping, or nonprofit professional association representing a designated disease-reporting region for the purposes of carrying out the responsibilities of the disease-reporting region.
(5) "Regional Parkinson's Disease Registry" means those regions of the state as designated by the department responsible for providing, on a timely basis, Parkinson's disease incidence data as determined by the department to the department.
Acts 2005, No. 210, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.63. Parkinson's Disease Registry

RS 40:31.63 - Parkinson's Disease Registry
A. The department, through the office of public health, shall conduct a program of epidemiological assessments of the incidence of Parkinson's disease. The program shall encompass all areas of the state for which Parkinson's disease incidence data are available. The program shall include the monitoring of Parkinson's disease associated with suspected chemical agents encountered by the general public both in occupational locations and in the environment generally. The department shall designate regional Parkinson's disease incidence reporting areas and regional Parkinson's disease registries for the purpose of monitoring the incidence of the disease throughout the state.
B. Any hospital or other facility providing therapy to Parkinson's disease patients within an area designated as a Parkinson's disease-reporting area shall report each case of Parkinson's disease to the department or the authorized representative of the department in a format prescribed by the department. If the hospital or other facility fails to report in a format prescribed by the department, the department's authorized representative may access the information from the hospital or the facility and report it in the appropriate format. In these cases, the hospital or other health facility shall reimburse the department or authorized representative for its costs to access and report the information.
C. Any physician, surgeon, dentist, podiatrist, or other licensed, certified, or registered health care practitioner diagnosing or providing treatment for Parkinson's disease patients shall report each Parkinson's disease case to the department or the authorized representative of the department, except for those cases directly referred to a treatment facility or those previously admitted to a treatment facility for diagnosis or treatment of that instance of Parkinson's disease.
D. The department and any regional Parkinson's disease registry designated by the department shall use the information to determine the sources of Parkinson's disease and evaluate measures designed to eliminate, alleviate, or ameliorate their effect.
E. Nothing in this Section shall preempt the authority of facilities or individuals providing diagnostic or treatment services to patients with Parkinson's disease to maintain their own facility-based Parkinson's disease registries.
F. Reporting sources shall not collect, track, or report information on a Parkinson's disease patient whenever the patient objects based on his or her religious beliefs.
Acts 2005, No. 210, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.64. Director

RS 40:31.64 - Director
The Parkinson's Disease Registry shall be under the charge of a director who may enter into contracts as are necessary for the conduct of the program and may accept, on behalf of the state, grants of public or private funds for the program. The director shall analyze available incidence data and prepare reports and perform studies as necessary to identify Parkinson's disease hazards to the public health and further identify possible mitigating or preventative factors.
Acts 2005, No. 210, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.65. Authority and responsibility of the director

RS 40:31.65 - Authority and responsibility of the director
A. Repealed by Acts 2022, No. 252, §3.
B. The director shall designate Parkinson's disease as a disease required to be reported in the state or any demographic parts of the state in which Parkinson's disease information is collected pursuant to this Section. All cases of Parkinson's disease diagnosed or treated in the reporting area shall thereafter be reported to the representative of the department authorized to compile the Parkinson's disease data or any individual, agency, or organization designated to cooperate with that representative.
Acts 2005, No. 210, §1; Acts 2022, No. 252, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.66. Confidentiality; cooperation with other state and federal entities

RS 40:31.66 - Confidentiality; cooperation with other state and federal entities
A. Except as otherwise provided in this Section, all information collected pursuant to this Part shall be confidential and shall not be subject to discovery. Such information shall not be released, except to persons with a valid scientific interest who are engaged in demographic, epidemiological, or other similar studies related to health who meet qualifications as determined by the department, and who agree, in writing and according to standards which shall be determined by the department, to maintain confidentiality. In addition, the individual or individuals to whom the information pertains shall be permitted access to his or her own information upon written request.
B. The department and any regional Parkinson's disease registry designated by the department may enter into agreements to furnish confidential information to other states' Parkinson's disease registries, federal Parkinson's disease control agencies, local health officers, or health researchers for the purpose of determining the sources of Parkinson's disease and evaluating measures designed to eliminate, alleviate, or ameliorate their effect. Before confidential information is disclosed to those agencies, officers, researchers, or out-of-state registries, the requesting entity shall agree in writing, and according to standards and requirements to be determined by the department, to maintain the confidentiality of the information.
C. Notwithstanding any other provision of law to the contrary, any disclosure authorized in accordance with this Section shall include only the information necessary for the stated purpose of the requested disclosure, used for the approved purpose, and not be further disclosed.
D. The furnishing of confidential information to the department or its authorized representative in accordance with this Section shall not expose any person, agency, or entity furnishing information to liability and shall not be considered a waiver of any privilege or a violation of a confidential relationship.
E. The department shall maintain an accurate record of all persons who are given access to confidential information. The records shall include the name of the person authorizing access; name, title, address, and organizational affiliation of persons given access; dates of access; and the specific purpose for which information is to be used. The record of access shall be open to public inspection during normal operating hours of the department.
F. Nothing in this Section shall prohibit the publication by the department of reports and statistical compilations that do not in any way identify individual cases or individual sources of information.
Acts 2005, No. 210, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:31.67. Funding

RS 40:31.67 - Funding
The provisions of this Part shall be implemented only to the extent that funds become available. The office of public health, a public health unit, or their agents or providers may solicit funding from any and all sources, including private or federal funds, to implement these provisions.
Acts 2005, No. 210, §1.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:33. Vital records registry; establishment; general authority and duties of state registrar

RS 40:33 - Vital records registry; establishment; general authority and duties of state registrar
A. There is hereby established a central vital records registry within the office of public health and a registrar of vital records for the state with an office properly equipped and operated for the safety and preservation of all vital records covering the births, deaths, marriages, divorce judgments, adoptions, and change of names, made and received under this Chapter or under the regulations adopted by the Louisiana Department of Health.
B. The vital records registry shall be directed by the state registrar who shall enforce this Chapter and the regulations made pursuant thereto and shall investigate all cases of irregularity in preparation and filing of vital records. Documents shall not be registered until such irregularities have been resolved.
C. Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall make and amend, after due notice and hearing, in accordance with the provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, regulations necessary for the efficient performance of a single adequate system of vital records for this state, and shall give instructions for collecting, transcribing, compiling, analyzing, reporting, preserving, and issuing certified copies of vital records.
D. The domicile of the vital records registry shall be in the parish of Orleans. All suits or mandamus actions brought against the registry shall be brought in the parish of Orleans.
E. The appointment of the state registrar shall be in accordance with the civil service law and regulations.
F. The state registrar, with the approval of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall prescribe, print, and supply each parish with all certificate forms or reports provided for in this Chapter. The local registrar shall supply such forms to every hospital, clinic, almshouse, lying-in hospital, or other institution, public or private, including penal institutions, located in his registration district to which persons resort for treatment of disease or injury or for childbirth or are committed by process of law and to all physicians in his registration district.
G. Any person having knowledge of the facts shall furnish such information as he or she may possess regarding any birth, death, spontaneous fetal death, induced termination of pregnancy, marriage, or divorce, dissolution of marriage, or annulment, upon demand of the state registrar. Nothing in this Section or Chapter shall be construed to require the person charged by R.S. 40:45 with preparing birth certificates to make other than a reasonable effort, as defined in R.S. 40:44, to obtain missing information or signature.
H. Repealed by Acts 2010, No. 175, §6.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 1991, No. 820, §1; Acts 2010, No. 175, §6; Acts 2013, No. 220, §17, eff. June 11, 2013.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34. Vital records forms

RS 40:34 - Vital records forms
A.(1) The certificate forms prescribed by the state registrar shall include, as a minimum, birth certificates, death certificates, paternity acknowledgment affidavits, and any other forms recommended by the national office in charge of gathering vital statistics. Only these forms shall be used in registering, recording, and preserving the vital information required by this Chapter. These forms shall be typewritten in black type or written in jet black ink or transferred by electronic means. Additionally each certificate of a birth occurring in a licensed hospital shall be typewritten in black type or computer generated. Whenever a form is changed, the new form shall be furnished to the person charged with preparing it not less than thirty days prior to the date upon which the form shall be required to be used.
(2) The Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act to allow electronic registration in lieu of typewritten or written birth, death, fetal death, marriage, and divorce certificates.
B. The forms shall be printed and supplied or provided by electronic means by the state registrar.
C.(1) Each coroner or physician who signs a death certificate shall certify the certificate using the Louisiana Electronic Event Registration System of the Louisiana Department of Health, state registrar of vital records.
(2) Each coroner shall report drug overdose deaths where the decedent's toxicology results indicate that an opioid was present at the time of death and related to the overdose. The reporting shall be entered into the Louisiana Electronic Event Registration System of the Louisiana Department of Health, state registrar of vital records.
Acts 1979, No. 776, §1. Amended by Acts 1983, No. 624, §1; Acts 1986, No. 621, §1; Acts 1986, No. 876, §1; Acts 1987, No. 343, §1; Acts 1987, No. 360, §1; Acts 1989, No. 819, §1; Acts 1990, No. 238, §1; Acts 1990, No. 349, §1, eff. Oct. 1, 1990; Acts 1991, No. 688, §1, eff. July 18, 1991; Acts 1991, No. 820, §1; Acts 1993, No. 740, §1; Acts 1993, No. 775, §1, eff. Aug. 15, 1994; Acts 1995, No. 954, §1; Acts 1997, No. 1252, §1, eff. July 15, 1997; Acts 1998, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 8, §4, eff. April 24, 1998; Acts 1999, No. 834, §1, eff. July 2, 1999; Acts 2000, 1st Ex. Sess., No. 136, §1; Acts 2001, No. 690, §1; Acts 2001, No. 1118, §1; Acts 2003, No. 1239, §1, eff. July 7, 2003; Acts 2003, No. 1251, §1; Acts 2004, No. 26, §13; Acts 2006, No. 344, §5, eff. June 13, 2006; Acts 2006, No. 377, §1; Acts 2008, No. 561, §§2, 3; Acts 2012, No. 255, §6; Acts 2016, No. 217, §1, Acts 2016, No. 434, §3; Acts 2018, No. 672, §1, eff. January 1, 2019; Acts 2019, No. 423, §1, eff. June 20, 2019.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.1. Original birth certificate; required contents

RS 40:34.1 - Original birth certificate; required contents
A. An original birth certificate shall contain, as a minimum, the items provided in R.S. 40:34.2 through 34.9.
B. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent as a result of an enforceable gestational carrier contract, as provided in R.S. 9:2720, the biological parents shall be considered the parents of the child.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3; Acts 2016, No. 494, §2.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.4. Original birth certificate; required contents; circumstances of birth

RS 40:34.4 - Original birth certificate; required contents; circumstances of birth
The circumstances of the birth of the child shall be entered on the original birth certificate. These circumstances shall include all of the following:
(1) Time of birth.
(2) Date of birth, including the year, the month, and the day.
(3) Place of birth, address, including city or town and state; if in a hospital or other institution, its name.
(4) Whether a plural birth. A separate certificate is required for each child in a plural birth.
(5) If a plural birth, the number of each child in order of birth.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.5. Original birth certificate; required contents; name of father

RS 40:34.5 - Original birth certificate; required contents; name of father
A. If the child is born to a mother who either is married or was married within three hundred days prior to the birth of the child, the full name of the father shall be recorded in the same manner provided for the recordation of the surname of the child in R.S. 40:34.2(2)(a) and (c), unless otherwise provided by law.
B. If the child is born to a mother who neither is married nor was married within three hundred days prior to the birth of the child, the full name of the father who has acknowledged his child by authentic act shall be included on the birth record of the child, but only if the father and mother agree.
C. In the case of a child born of a surrogate birth parent as a result of an enforceable gestational carrier contract, as provided in R.S. 9:2720, the full name of the biological father shall be listed as the father.
D. In all other cases, the name of the father and other information pertaining to the father shall not appear on the birth certificate and the surname of the child shall be recorded as the maiden name or surname of the mother, at her discretion.
E. Nothing in this Section shall preclude the Department of Children and Family Services, office of children and family services, child support enforcement section from obtaining an admission of paternity from the biological father for submission in a judicial proceeding, or prohibit the issuance of an order in a judicial proceeding which bases a legal finding of paternity on an admission of paternity by the biological father and on any other additional showing required by state law.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3; Acts 2016, No. 494, §2; Acts 2018, No. 21, §1, eff. May 7, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.5.1. Three-party acknowledgment of paternity; effect

RS 40:34.5.1 - Three-party acknowledgment of paternity; effect
Notwithstanding the provisions of R.S. 40:34.2(2)(a) and (c) and 34.5(A), the husband or former husband presumed to be the father of the child, the mother, and the biological father of the child may execute a three-party acknowledgment of paternity pursuant to Civil Code Article 190.1 on the form provided by the Louisiana Department of Health. Upon receipt of that form and a certified report of blood or tissue sampling which indicates by a ninety-nine and nine-tenths percentage point threshold probability that the biological father is the father of the child, the state registrar shall:
(1) For the father of the child, record the full name of the biological father.
(2) For the surname of the child, record the maiden name or surname of the mother, at her discretion. However, if the biological father and the mother agree, the state registrar shall record as the surname of the child the maiden name or surname of the mother, the surname of the biological father, or a combination of the surname of the biological father and the maiden name or surname of the mother.
Acts 2018, No. 21, §1, eff. May 7, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.5.2. Form and notice for three-party acknowledgment of paternity

RS 40:34.5.2 - Form and notice for three-party acknowledgment of paternity
The Louisiana Department of Health, office of public health, shall develop a form, and a notice of consequences of executing the form, for the purposes of implementing R.S. 40:34.5.1. The form shall include the following:
(1) A declaration in authentic form by the husband or former husband presumed to be the father of the child that he is not the father of the child.
(2) A declaration in authentic form by the biological father that he is the father of the child and that a certified report of blood or tissue sampling indicates by a ninety-nine and nine-tenths percentage point threshold probability that he is the biological father of the child.
(3) A declaration in authentic form by the mother, husband or former husband presumed to be the father of the child, and the biological father of the child that each understands the form and has executed it voluntarily, and that each has received written notice of the consequences of executing the form.
Acts 2018, No. 21, §1, eff. May 7, 2018.
2023 Louisiana Laws › Revised Statutes › Title 40 - Public Health and Safety › §40:34.6. Original birth certificate; required contents; name of mother

RS 40:34.6 - Original birth certificate; required contents; name of mother
The full name of the mother of the child, including her maiden name and current surname, shall be entered on the original birth certificate; however, if the child was born of a surrogate birth parent as a result of an enforceable gestational carrier contract, as provided in R.S. 9:2720, the maiden name of the biological mother shall be listed as the mother.
Acts 2016, No. 434, §3; Acts 2016, No. 494, §2.