Louisiana Administrative Code

A. When one of the following criteria is met and upon approval of the Office of Telecommunications Management, non-state entities may use state telecommunications services. The non-state entities shall be either: 1. political subdivisions created by statute; 2. state credit union…

A. The non-state entities being allowed to use the state provided services will be charged the same rates as state agencies and must pay for the service within 30 days of receipt of the Office of Telecommunications Management invoice.

A. The use of the state services by the non-state entities shall not preclude any state agency from use of those services. The non-state entity's use of these services should not result in any additional unreimbursed cost to the state.

A. Definitions. For purposes of this Chapter, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them. Affiliated Group—the same as defined in Section 1504 of the Internal Revenue Code. Designated Tax Matters Person or Tax Matters Person—the person designated under R.S. 47:1671(D)…

A. Only verified expenses can be reimbursed. B. Verification of Claimed Expenses 1. Each type of claim form used by the board should identify the documents that must be submitted by the victim/claimant to support and verify a claimed expense. 2. When applications lack documentati…

A. General 1. There will be a $15,000 limit for awards for all victims with the exception of those primary victims who become totally and permanently disabled as a result of the crime. For those awards, the board may, at its discretion, award up to $25,000, depending on availabil…

A. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms used in this Part of the sanitary code and all other Parts which are adopted or may be adopted, are defined for the purposes thereof as follows. Bakery―see Chapter 1, §101 of this Part of this Code. M…

A. Bakeries and manufacturing confectioneries shall have a permit from the state health officer, in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 1, §103 of this Part of this Code.

A. Any building used or maintained as a bakery or manufacturing confectionery shall comply with the following requirements in this Section. 1. [formerly paragraph 6:083] Adequate plans and specifications for new establishments shall be submitted to the state health officer for ap…

A. All equipment used or connected in any way with the manufacture, baking, cooking or other processing, handling, packing or storing of any bakery or confectionery product shall comply with the following: 1. [formerly paragraph 6:084-1] be maintained in a clean and sanitary mann…

A. Supplies used in the manufacture of bakery and confectionery products shall be stored outside of the preparation areas or rooms. flour, sugar and other similar products shall be protected from dampness and vermin. All ingredients shall be stored on racks or shelves at least 6 …

A. Building premises, shipping and receiving areas, etc., shall be kept clean, orderly and free of debris, trash and high weeds. B. [formerly paragraph 6:102] The ground area outside the shipping and receiving doors and other passageways shall be paved and sloped to allow for pro…

A. After an agency receives a billing invoice from the Office of Risk Management for payment of insurance premiums, the agency is to render payment in full within 30 days from the billing date. B. Every agency shall timely pay premiums billed by the Office of Risk Management. In …

A. After the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections has approved a prototype breath testing device as an acceptable model for chemical analysis in blood alcohol testing by breath sampling it shall be necessary for each individual instrument of the approved model to…

A. At the time of application for certification as an operator, an individual must: 1. be an employee of a Louisiana or federal law enforcement agency; 2. have successfully completed training established by and be certified by the Peace Officers Standards and Training Council (PO…

A. Qualification for certification of individuals as instructors shall be as follows: 1. certified as an operator on the approved instrument by the applied technology unit; 2. attendance of an additional16-hour course approved by the applied technology unit; 3. involved in a chem…

A. Qualification of individuals to perform maintenance and inspection on the approved instrument shall be as follows: 1. employee of the Office of State Police, Applied Technology Unit in the capacity of breath analysis supervisor, breath analysis instructor specialist, or applie…

A. Upon determining the qualification of individuals to perform such analysis and duties, and after submitting an application for certification, the Louisiana Department of Public Safety and Corrections shall issue permits which shall be effective for the following periods with r…

A. The breath testing instrument(s) automatically stores all test records into a data bank. B. Each time the approved instrument is inspected and certified, the date of certification shall be placed on the instrument and the operator will record said dates on the operational chec…

A. General observation of the subject for a period of not less than 15 minutes prior to testing whereby the subject shall not have ingested alcohol, alcoholic beverages, regurgitated, vomited, or taken anything by mouth. B. The operator conducting blood/breath analysis shall cond…

A. General observation of the subject for a period of not less than 15 minutes prior to testing whereby the subject shall not have ingested alcohol, alcoholic beverage, regurgitated, vomited, or taken anything by mouth. B. The operator conducting blood/breath analysis shall condu…

A. Maintenance inspection shall be performed on a routine basis at least once every four months by the applied technology director, breath analysis supervisor, breath analysis instructor specialist, or applied technology specialist. Items to be inspected shall include, but not be…

A.1. Maintenance inspection shall be performed on a routine basis at least once every six months by the breath analysis supervisor, breath analysis instructor specialist, or applied technology specialist. Items to be inspected shall include, but not be limited to the following: a…

A. For purposes of these regulations, alcohol shall mean ethyl alcohol.

A. All persons seeking certification to conduct blood alcohol analysis shall: 1. make application to the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory; 2. successfully complete an accredited college or university course of study which meets all academic requirements for at least a bach…

A. The certified analyst shall inspect instrumentation and equipment immediately before analysis is begun to insure that the instrument is operating properly and that test results will be accurate and within the tolerances indicated below. B. Screening procedure may be used prior…

A. Maintenance, repair and inspection of a gas chromatograph with or without a mass spectrometer may be performed by certified blood alcohol analysts. This may include but not be limited to cleaning, replacing septums, changing columns, checking gases and flow rates, checking "O"…

A. Certification testing is not required for any persons deemed qualified to conduct blood alcohol analysis by their respective laboratory when the laboratory has been accredited and permitted in blood alcohol analysis by the terms set forth in the Louisiana statutory criminal la…

A. All nondisposable glassware used in the blood alcohol analyses and standard calibration solutions must be cleaned with non-alcoholic detergents and must be free of any foreign residue. B. All nondisposable supplies must be cleaned and contain no interfering substances which co…

A. Each laboratory providing blood alcohol analysis is to participate in a regional or national proficiency testing program at least twice a year or a proficiency testing program conducted by the State Police crime laboratory, which participation shall be certified for each such …

A. Each "chemist" and each "qualified technician," as these terms are utilized in R.S. 32:664, must be certified by an accredited licensing agency as a certified phlebotomist in order to remove blood samples for purposes of determining alcoholic content.

A. The following words and terms used in this Subchapter shall have the following meanings. Aliquot―different samples from the same specimen. Analyte―the drug or drug metabolite suspected or detected. Chain of Custody―the accounting of the integrity of each specimen through the t…

A. Each forensic laboratory seeking approval from the department to perform analysis of controlled dangerous substances in bodily fluids shall comply with the qualifications as established by the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory in accordance with these rules.

A. The laboratory shall have a procedural manual which will include detailed descriptions of procedures for testing. In addition, laboratory policies shall exist which govern sample receiving, chain of custody, analysis, quality control and quality assurance, choice of reagents, …

A. The toxicology laboratory shall be supervised by a person who is qualified by reason of appropriate education and experience to assume the required professional, organizational, educational, and administrative responsibilities. The supervisor shall possess at least a bachelor'…

A. Individuals seeking to conduct drug testing in compliance with R.S. 32:661-669, shall: 1. make application to the Louisiana State Police Crime Laboratory; 2. submit a copy of their laboratory's operating procedural manual as related to toxicological testing; 3. successfully sc…

A. Evidence submitted for toxicological examination shall be labeled for identification, securely sealed, and submitted in a container appropriate for shipping and maintaining security. They shall have been taken with the contents of a blood and/or urine collection kit approved b…

A. Analytical procedures shall include the use of at least two tests (a screening test and a confirmation test, or two confirmation tests) performed for each analyte present. If a screening test is used, the confirmation tests shall be based on a different physical or chemical pr…

A. Before results are reported, all analytical data shall be reviewed and approved by the toxicology supervisor or a designee with the analytical protocols used by the laboratory. The review shall be documented within the analytical record.

A. The laboratory shall participate in an external proficiency testing program for drugs in at least one type of specimen at least once every calendar year. The results of the proficiency testing shall be reviewed by the department.

A. Maintenance and repair of all analytical instrumentation used for the purpose of analyzing the samples required in these guidelines may be performed by the supervisor of the toxicology unit or by an analyst assigned to the unit. This may include, but not be limited to, cleanin…

A. All drugs used for the preparation of reference drug standards shall be commercially purchased and shall be traceable to a certificate of analysis indicating that it has met the manufacturer's acceptable specifications for use. Purity of chemicals used in the analytical proced…

A. The purpose of the Business Enterprises Program Manual is to provide uniform rules and regulations for the administration of Business Enterprises Programs operated by the state licensing agency (SLA). B. The purpose of Chapter 5 is to set forth the legal authority from which t…

A. Mission. The mission of the Business Enterprise Program (BEP) is to provide blind persons with remunerative employment, enlarging the economic opportunities of the blind, and stimulating the blind to greater efforts in striving to make themselves self-supporting. B. Goals. The…

A. The Rehabilitation Act of 1973, as amended. In accordance with federal law under Title I of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 (Public Law 93-112) as amended, (Public Law 105-220) and the Rehabilitation Act amendments of 2014 (Public Law 114-95 enacted in 2015), rehabilitation ser…

A. Louisiana Revised Statutes―R.S. 36:251 (Legislative Act that created the Department of Health and Hospitals), R.S. 36:471 (Legislative Act that created the Department of Social Services now known as the Department of Children and Family Services), R.S. 36:301 (Legislative Act …

A. The following words or terms, when used in this manual, shall have the following meaning unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Act—the Randolph-Sheppard Vending Facility Act and Public Law 95-602, 20 U.S.C. 107 et seq. Active Participation—an ongoing process of good …