Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Each package, container, carton, or case of nutria, nutria meat, or nutria meat products shall be labeled in accordance with Section 49:3.0601 of the meat and meat products regulations. Labels and labeling shall be reviewed and approved by the LDAF. All nutria taken, processed…

A. The provisions herein constituting Part X of the state sanitary code shall apply to the nutria program, as appropriate.

A. Fourteen and 15 year-old minors may not be employed in: 1. any manufacturing occupation; 2. any mining occupation; 3. processing occupations or commercial laundering and dry-cleaning; 4. occupations which require performance of any duties in workrooms or workplaces where goods…

A. Minors may not work in any illegal, indecent, or immoral exhibition or practice, including but not limited to; striptease, exotic dancer, etc. B. Minors may not work at any occupation which the Assistant Secretary of the Office of Regulatory Services has found and declared to …

A. The Louisiana Department of Agriculture and Forestry and all public bodies created within the department shall provide for access to and participation in open meetings held by the public body via electronic means on an individualized basis to people with disabilities.

A. At least twenty-four hours prior to the meeting, the public body shall post the following to its website: 1. meeting notice and agenda; and 2. detailed information regarding how members of the public may: a. participate in the meeting via electronic means, including the applic…

A. Any public body that conducts six or more regularly scheduled meetings in a calendar year shall not conduct any more than one-third of its open meetings via electronic means, and will only conduct successive meetings via electronic means as needed. B. The public body shall ens…

A. Although an open meeting may be scheduled as in-person, the public body is obligated to provide for participation via electronic means on an individualized basis by people with disabilities. B. People with disabilities are defined as any of the following: 1. a member of the pu…

A. The building shall be in good repair, reflect good housekeeping and shall be free of insects and rodents and when necessary, dust control measures shall be employed. Equipment shall be clean and in good repair for the safety and well being of the patients and employees. Equipm…

A. Laundry Room. The clean and dirty laundry areas shall be separated to prevent cross-contamination. Hand-washing facilities shall be provided in each area. Personnel in dirty laundry rooms shall not perform duties in clean laundry rooms. The ventilation systems for the clean an…

A. All plumbing shall be installed and maintained in a manner so as to comply with all local and state plumbing codes and regulations, including Part XIV of this Code. Approved equipment shall be provided for cleaning and sanitizing bedpans, if used for more than one patient. B. …

A. All new facilities and those undergoing extensive renovation shall have no more than four beds per room in patient areas, excluding nurseries or intensive care units, and shall have at least one isolation room maintained under negative air pressure for every 30 adult beds. B. …

A. Microbiological cultures shall be disposed of in an incinerator approved by the Air Permits Division of the DEQ or sterilized prior to disposal. Smoking and eating are not allowed in laboratory areas. Laboratories, especially horizontal work surfaces, shall be cleaned and disi…

A. All equipment and handled materials providing a source of radiation and disposal of radioactive waste shall be shielded as required by the Nuclear Division of DNR office of Environmental Affairs. All radiation equipment operators shall be provided with the proper clothing and …

A. Only authorized and properly attired personnel shall be allowed into operating rooms, delivery rooms, recovery rooms, intensive care units and nurseries. Scrub suits for operation room and delivery rooms used should not be worn outside designated areas. B. [Formerly paragraph …

A. A maximum of 24 infants stations shall be allowed in each full-term nursery room. The nursery shall be maintained at a temperature of approximately 75°F (24°C) and 30-60 percent relative humidity. The nursery shall have a reliable thermometer with records of daily temperatures…

A. These areas shall be clean at all times and free of materials or equipment not needed to carry out the function required by the respective units. Accommodation shall be made to handle patients under isolation requiring such therapy. Respiratory and hydrotherapy equipment shall…

A. The mortuary table shall be cleaned and disinfected after each use and kept in good repair. A check valve shall be provided in the water supply line upstream from the control valve. A vacuum breaker or siphon breaker of an approved type shall be installed in the water supply l…

A. Each registrar of voters shall review the absentee by mail ballot envelope flap for the following deficiencies: 1. missing voter signature; 2. missing witness signature; and incomplete affidavit information, including but not limited to missing election date and voter informat…

A. Upon receipt of an absentee by mail ballot envelope flap with one or more of the above identified deficiencies, the registrar of voters shall segregate the ballot envelope and promptly notify the voter of the ballot envelope flap deficiency and of the opportunity to cure the d…

A. To cure a missing voter signature, the voter shall appear at the office of the registrar and sign the ballot envelope flap in the presence of an employee of the registrar of voters. The employee of the registrar who observes the signature shall also sign the ballot envelope fl…

A. Any ballot identified with a deficiency pursuant to this Chapter, regardless of whether the voter appeared to cure or did not appear, shall be presented to the Parish Board of Election Supervisors for final determination of cure sufficiency or rejection of deficient ballots du…

A. Before taking office, each member of the board duly appointed by the governor shall subscribe before a notary public, and cause to be filed with the secretary of the board, an oath in substantially the following form: I HEREBY SOLEMNLY SWEAR AND AFFIRM that I accept the trust …

A. A person with a disability is defined as any of the following: 1. a member of the public or the board with a disability recognized by the ADA; or 2. a designated caregiver of such a person. B. The written public notice for an open meeting, as required by R.S. 42:19, includes t…

A. The position of executive director of the Louisiana Patient’s Compensation Fund Oversight Board is hereby established by the board as an unclassified position. The executive director shall be employed by the board and, subject to other provisions of law respecting qualificatio…

A. The board is the custodian of all tangible and intangible property, assets, rights, and interests of the fund and the repository for all of the fund's records, files, information, and data. All furniture, fixtures, equipment, goods, supplies, files, records, information, data,…

A. All expenses incurred for, by, or on behalf of the executive director or the board in their administration, operation, and defense of the fund, pursuant to the Act and these rules, shall be borne by the fund, subject to the provision of these rules governing budgeting, account…

Prairie Dogs―[formerly Paragraph 3:009] any burrowing rodents of the genus Cynomys. Prairie dogs can harbor the hantavirus. Prairie dogs are also known to be a host for fleas, which carry the causative agent of Bubonic Plague, the bacteria Yersinia pestis. These fleas have the po…

A. [formerly paragraph 3:010] The importation and/or sale of prairie dogs in Louisiana is prohibited. B. [formerly paragraph 3:011] This Section shall not apply to zoos approved by the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums.

A. Permit Policies 1. Vehicles or loads which exceed the legal size or weight, but which cannot be easily divided, broken, or dismantled, are called indivisible vehicles or indivisible loads. Drivers of these vehicles are eligible to purchase oversize or overweight permits. These…

A. Oversize Permits. These permits are for vehicles and loads which exceed the legal limitations on width, height, length, or projecting loads. The fee is $8 for a single trip if the trip lasts less than one day or $8 for a single day if the trip lasts more than one day. Oversize…

A. Regular Permit Forms (P-Forms) 1. These forms are available through the mail or by appearing in person at the truck permit office. 2. These forms have a number preceded by a "P" in their upper right corner. The name of the permit issuing official must be written on the line at…

A. General Procedures 1. A permit should have been obtained before the movement of the vehicle began or the vehicle entered Louisiana. Permits may be sold by WASP officers only when a fine has been incurred. 2. Vehicles and loads requiring a permit shall be impounded until a prop…

A. Enforcing Permit Restrictions 1. The truck permit office has the authority to put additional restrictions on a permit. These restrictions will be noted on the "Restrictions" or "Remarks" sections of the permit. 2. The WASP officer shall see that all restrictions shown on the p…

A. General Procedures 1. A permit must be carried with the vehicle for which it was issued at all times. Any vehicle requiring a permit which does not have a permit with it shall be fined. (A permit may be carried in an escort vehicle as long as the escort vehicle is not separate…

A. General Procedures 1. If a vehicle or load requires a permit and is operating without a valid permit or violating conditions of a permit, the officer shall issue a violation ticket for the violation which gives the greatest fine. 2. Drivers shall be given the opportunity to sh…

A. This Subchapter sets forth the rules for the acquisition of and compensation for oyster leases by the department when necessary for purposes of coastal protection, conservation, or restoration. The department may acquire oyster leases, in whole or in part, for such purposes on…

A. The following shall be observed regarding the construction and usage of these regulations. 1. Unless otherwise specifically stated, the singular form of any noun includes the plural and the masculine form of any noun includes the feminine. 2. Unless otherwise specifically stat…

A. The following shall apply for purposes of these regulations. Affected Acreage―the portion of an affected lease located within a direct impact area of a project. Affected Lease―an existing oyster lease identified by the department from records provided and maintained by DWF as …

C. Such notice of acquisition shall, at a minimum, include: 1. a description specifying affected acreage, or portion thereof, being acquired; 2. the effective date of acquisition; 3. a brief description of the coastal protection, conservation, or restoration project for which the…

2. If the department provides a time period of less than one year between issuance of a notice of acquisition pursuant to §313 and the effective date of acquisition, the compensation for the affected acreage to be acquired shall be equal to the fair market value of the affected a…

A. The secretary shall determine the compensation for any affected acreage to be acquired as follows. 1. If the department provides a time period of one year or more between issuance of a notice of acquisition pursuant to §313 and the effective date of acquisition, then compensat…

A. Should the secretary determine that an existing oyster lease issued by DWF is located within the direct impact area of a project and the project is necessary and proper for coastal protection, conservation, or restoration, the secretary may acquire the affected acreage on beha…

A. A leaseholder of an oyster lease acquired, in whole or in part, in accordance with these regulations and R.S. 56:432.1 may seek an administrative hearing through the department. 1. Any such adjudication shall be limited to whether the acquisition due to the impact of dredging,…

A. A leaseholder may seek judicial review of the final decision of the Division of Administrative Law under §315 in accordance with R.S. 56:432.1(D), based solely on the administrative record and, except as otherwise provided in these rules or by R.S. 56:432.1, governed by and co…

A. The department may acquire any acreage under this Subchapter in relation to a project or action for coastal protection, conservation, or restoration performed or to be performed by or for the United States, any department, agency, board, commission, or political subdivision of…

A. The authority for determining parole eligibility dates, offender class, good time release dates, and full-term dates will be the official master prison record computed by the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections. No inmate may be paroled while there is any pen…

A. An inmate’s eligibility is specified by Louisiana law. Not all inmates are eligible for parole consideration. The Department of Public Safety and Corrections determines and calculates parole eligibility. B. Prior to an inmate’s parole hearing, all pertinent information will be…

A. A person otherwise eligible for parole, convicted of a nonviolent first felony offense or of a nonviolent second felony offense, but never having served time in the custody of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, may be eligible for intensive parole supervision upo…

A. Definitions Limited Mobility—any inmate who is unable to perform activities of daily living without significant help or is totally confined to a bed or chair, including but not limited to prolonged coma and mechanical ventilation. Due to their significant limitation in mobilit…