Louisiana Administrative Code

A. All ASCs shall provide radiology services commensurate with the needs of the ASC and to meet the needs of the patients being served. B. The scope and complexity of radiological services provided within the ASC, either directly or under arrangement, as an integral part of the A…

A. The ASC shall either provide a clinical laboratory directly or make contractual arrangements with a laboratory certified in accordance with the clinical laboratory improvement amendments to perform services commensurate with the needs of the ASC. B. Contractual arrangements fo…

A. The ASC shall provide pharmacy services commensurate with the needs of the patients and in conformity with state and federal laws. Pharmacy services may be provided directly by the ASC or under a contractual agreement as long as all regulatory requirements are met. 1. At a min…

A. Ambulatory surgical centers operated primarily for the purpose of offering stereotactic radiosurgery by use of a gamma knife or similar neurosurgical tool are exempt from the following requirements: 1. having a minimum of two operating/procedure rooms and one post-anesthesia r…

A. Ambulatory surgical centers shall comply and show proof of compliance with all relevant federal, state, local rules and regulations. It is the ASC’s responsibility to secure the necessary approvals from the following entities: 1. Health Standards Section; 2. Office of the Stat…

A. Administrative Staff. The following administrative staff is required for all ASCs: 1. a qualified administrator at each licensed geographic location who shall meet the qualifications as established in these provisions; 2. other administrative staff as necessary to operate the …

A. Each ASC shall make provisions for securing medical records of all media types, whether stored electronically or in paper form. The identified area or equipment shall be secured to maintain confidentiality of records and shall be restricted to staff movement and remote from tr…

A. The following indexes, records and registers shall be required of the licensed ASC, including any individual or entity that enters into a use agreement: 1. a patient’s register; 2. an operating/procedure room register; 3. a death register; 4. a daily census report of admission…

A. The governing body shall ensure that there is an implemented, maintained, effective, written, data-driven and ongoing program designed to assess and improve the quality of patient care. This program shall include all services, provided directly or through contract, and those s…

A. The ASC shall have policies and procedures, approved and implemented by the medical staff and governing body, that address provisions for: 1. sanitizing, disinfecting and sterilizing supplies, equipment and utensils; 2. the safe use of cleaning supplies and solutions that are …

A. The ASC shall maintain an infection control program that minimizes infections and communicable diseases through prevention, investigation and reporting of infections. This program shall include all contracted services and those services provided under a use agreement. B. The A…

A. The ASC shall be responsible for ensuring the proper handling, cleaning, sanitizing and storage of linen and other washable goods whether provided by the ASC or provided by a contracted vendor. All linen used in the ASC shall be of sufficient quantity to meet the needs of the …

A. Disaster and emergency plans shall be developed by the governing body, and updated annually, which are based on a risk assessment using an all hazards approach for both internal and external occurrences. Disaster and emergency plans shall include provisions for persons with di…

A. An ASC licensed in a parish which is the subject of an executive order or proclamation of emergency or disaster, issued in accordance with R.S. 29:724 or R.S. 29:766, may seek to inactivate its license for a period not to exceed one year, provided that the following conditions…

A. An ASC in an area or areas which have been affected by a non-declared emergency or disaster may seek to inactivate its license, provided that the following conditions are met: 1. the ASC shall submit written notification to the Health Standards Section within 30 days of the da…

A. The standards in this Subchapter shall apply to any ASC constructed after the effective date of this rule, or an ASC that makes alterations, additions or substantial rehabilitation to an existing ASC or adaptation of an existing building to create an ASC. Cosmetic changes to t…

A. The ASC shall be constructed, arranged and maintained to ensure the safety and well-being of the patients and the general public it serves. B. The ASC shall have a minimum of two operating and/or procedure rooms and a minimum of one post-anesthesia recovery room to meet the ne…

A. This Chapter prescribes minimum requirements for constructing new pipeline systems with steel pipe, and for relocating, replacing, or otherwise changing existing pipeline systems that are constructed with steel pipe. However, this Part does not apply to the movement of pipe co…

A. Each pipeline system must be constructed in accordance with comprehensive written specifications or standards that are consistent with the requirements of this regulation.

A. Inspection must be provided by operator to ensure the installation of pipe or pipeline systems in accordance with the requirements of this Chapter. No person may be used to perform inspections unless that person has been trained and is qualified in the aspects of construction …

A. No pipe or other component may be installed in a pipeline system unless it has been visually inspected at the site of installation to ensure that it is not damaged in a manner that could impair its strength or reduce its serviceability.

A. Supports or braces may not be welded directly to pipe that will be operated at a pressure of more than 100 p.s.i.g.

A. Pipeline right-of-way must be selected to avoid, as far as practicable, areas containing private dwellings, industrial buildings, and places of public assembly. B. No pipeline may be located within 50 feet of any private dwelling, or any industrial building or place of public …

A. Pipe must not have a wrinkle bend. B. Each field bend must comply with the following. 1. A bend must not impair the serviceability of the pipe. 2. Each bend must have a smooth contour and be free from buckling, cracks, or any other mechanical damage. 3. On pipe containing a lo…

A. Welding must be performed in compliance with this Section and §§4517-4529. B. Welding must be performed in accordance with established written welding procedures that have been tested to assure that they will produce sound, ductile welds that comply with requirements of this C…

A. A miter joint is not permitted (not including deflections up to 3 degrees that are caused by misalignment).

A. Each welder must be qualified in accordance with section 6, section 12, Appendix A or Appendix B of API Std 1104 (incorporated by reference, see §3907), or section IX of the ASME Boiler and Pressure Vessel Code (ASME BPVC), (incorporated by reference, see §3907) except that a …

A. Welding must be protected from weather conditions that would impair the quality of the completed weld.

A. Each arc burn must be repaired. B. An arc burn may be repaired by completely removing the notch by grinding, if the grinding does not reduce the remaining wall thickness to less than the minimum thickness required by the tolerances in the specification to which the pipe is man…

D. During construction, at least 10 percent of the girth welds made by each welder during each welding day must be nondestructively tested over the entire circumference of the weld. E. In the following locations, 100 percent of the girth welds must be nondestructively tested: 1. …

A. Each weld that is unacceptable under §4525 must be removed or repaired. Except for welds on an offshore pipeline being installed from a pipelay vessel, a weld must be removed if it has a crack that is more than 8 percent of the weld length. B. Each weld that is repaired must h…

A. A weld may be nondestructively tested by any process that will clearly indicate any defects that may affect the integrity of the weld. B. Any nondestructive testing of welds must be performed: 1. in accordance with a written set of procedures for nondestructive testing; and 2.…

A. Each component in the pipeline system must be provided with protection against external corrosion.

A. No pipeline system component may be buried or submerged unless that component has an external protective coating that: 1. is designed to mitigate corrosion of the buried or submerged component; 2. has sufficient adhesion to the metal surface to prevent underfilm migration of m…

A. A cathodic protection system must be installed for all buried or submerged facilities to mitigate corrosion that might result in structural failure. A test procedure must be developed to determine whether adequate cathodic protection has been achieved. B. A cathodic protection…

A. Except for offshore pipelines, electrical test leads used for corrosion control or electrolysis testing must be installed at intervals frequent enough to obtain electrical measurements indicating the adequacy of the cathodic protection. B. Test leads must be installed as follo…

A. All pipe installed in a ditch must be installed in a manner that minimizes the introduction of secondary stresses and the possibility of damage to the pipe.

A. All carbon dioxide pipelines within the jurisdiction of these regulations are subject to the Louisiana Underwater Obstructions Act, R.S. 30:4D-30:4H, as amended, and the Louisiana Underwater Obstructions Regulations, §§1501-1707.

A. Unless specifically exempted in this Chapter, all pipe must be buried so that it is below the level of cultivation. Except as provided in Subsection B of this Section, the pipe must be installed so that the cover between the top of the pipe and the ground level, road bed, rive…

A. Any pipe installed underground must have at least 12 inches of clearance between the outside of the pipe and the extremity of any other underground structure, except that for drainage tile the minimum clearance may be less than 12 inches but not less than 2 inches. However, wh…

A. Backfilling must be performed in a manner that protects any pipe coating and provides firm support for the pipe.

A. Any component may be installed above ground in the following situations, if the other applicable requirements of this part are complied with: 1. overhead crossings of highways, railroads, or a body of water; 2. spans over ditches and gullies; 3. scraper traps or block valves; …

A. The pipe at each railroad or highway crossing must be installed so as to adequately withstand the dynamic forces exerted by anticipated traffic loads.

A. Each valve must be installed in a location that is accessible to authorized employees and that is protected from damage or tampering. B. Each submerged valve located offshore or in inland navigable waters must be marked, or located by conventional survey techniques, to facilit…

A. A valve must be installed at each of the following locations: 1. on the suction end and the discharge end of a compressor station in a manner that permits isolation of the station equipment in the event of an emergency; 2. on each mainline at locations along the pipeline syste…

A. Adequate ventilation must be provided in compressor station buildings to prevent the accumulation of carbon dioxide vapors and/or vapors that could be dangerous. Warning devices must be installed to warn of the presence of such vapors in the compression station building. B. Th…

A. A complete record that shows the following must be maintained by the operator involved for the life of each pipeline facility: 1. the total number of girth welds and the number nondestructively tested, including the number rejected and the disposition of each rejected weld; 2.…