Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Louisiana Rehabilitation Services (LRS) is designated as the sole state agency under a state plan for vocational rehabilitation services approved pursuant to the provisions of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, (29 U.S.C. Chapter 16) and approved by RSA as the SLA. B. SLA Respons…

A. Management Services means supervision, inspection, quality control, consultation, accounting, regulating, in-service training, and other related services provided on a systematic basis to support and improve vending facilities operated by blind vendors. Management services doe…

A. Business Enterprise Equipment and Fixtures. The SLA will provide each business enterprise with fixtures and equipment in such quantity and quality so as to give reasonable assurance of successful operation by the licensed manager. B. Additions, Deletions, or Modifications to E…

A. Licensing Requirements for Operating a Business Enterprise 1. Issuance and Conditions of License. A license shall be issued by the SLA in accordance with federal regulations making the individual eligible to operate a business enterprise. The license shall be prominently displ…

A. The licensed manager is expected to operate in accordance with the established rules and regulations of the BEP, within the terms of the licensed manager’s agreement with the SLA and the grantor's agreement, contract, or permit. The licensed manager may not act as an agent of …

A. A BEP license may be suspended or terminated for: 1. failure to open the assigned business enterprise as stated in the permit/contract with the grantor agency, without prior proper approval from the SLA (abandonment of business enterprise); 2. defrauding any agency of the gove…

A. Authority for Establishing the Louisiana Blind Vendor’s Elected Committee (LBVEC) is found in Section 107-B1, commonly referred to as the Randolph-Sheppard Act. B. Paragraphs 527.B.1-2 provide guidance in approaching the degree of participation by the LBVEC. 1. Active Particip…

A. The Louisiana Rehabilitation Services is obligated to provide for participation in an open meeting via electronic means on an individualized basis by any person with a disability upon request. B. For purposes of this Chapter, a person with a disability is defined as any of the…

A. The National Historic Preservation Act of 1966 (P.L. 89-665, amended) requires that all nominations to the National Register of Historic Places must first be reviewed and approved by a professional review committee. The members of the committee advise the state historic preser…

A. The committee members shall be appointed and shall serve as provided in 36 CFR Part 61 (published in Federal Register, Volume 49, Number 73, April 13, 1984, pp. 14900-14901) and R.S. 25:901-902, as amended. B. The chairman shall be selected annually at the fall meeting by the …

A. These rules are adopted in accordance with the public interest of controlling health care costs and improving the quality of and access to health care. In that regard, the state has a responsibility to protect the public interest through direct supervision and control over the…

A. As used within the rules: Affiliate—any or all of the following: corporation; partnership; sole proprietorship; joint venture; trust; natural person; or any other entity, whether existing for commercial or noncommercial purposes, however organized, in which any person or entit…

A. Health care facilities that are parties to a transaction shall give the attorney general at least 30 days written notice prior to the anticipated closing of the intended transaction. Depending on the parties or the transaction, the Attorney General, at his sole discretion, may…

A. Filing of Applications 1. Applications shall be filed by delivering an original and three copies to the director. 2. The filing date of a conforming application shall be the date the department determines the application to be a completed application. 3. No application shall b…

A. Remittance of Fees 1. In accordance with R.S. 40:2254.12, fees shall be remitted with the application and reports as required by R.S. 40:2254.11. Fees shall be reasonably related to the costs incurred by the department in considering the application, evaluating reports, and pe…

A. In accordance with R.S. 40:2254.4: 1. within five working days of receipt of a completed application, the department shall notify all persons of record by first class United States mail of the filing of such application, and publish in the official journal of the parish where …

A. In accordance with R.S. 40:2254.4: 1. the attorney general shall, within 15 days after the date an application is received, determine if the application is complete for the purposes of review. If the department determines that an application is unclear, incomplete, or contains…

A. The attorney general shall review the completed application. Within 90 days after receipt of a completed application or within one 90 day extension, the attorney general shall either: 1. approve the application, with or without specific modifications and issue a certificate; o…

A. If the department denies an application and refuses to issue a certificate, a party to the agreement may request that the department reconsider its decision. The department shall then reconsider its decision in accordance with the provisions of R.S. 40:2254.5.

A. In accordance with R.S. 40:2254.11, the parties to the agreement shall submit information and supporting data on an annual basis regarding the current status of the agreement, including information relative to the continued benefits, any disadvantages of the agreement, and suf…

A. If at any time, the attorney general receives information indicating that agreement is not is not resulting in lower health care costs or greater access to or quality of health care than would occur in absence of the agreement as provided for in R.S. 40:2254.6, the attorney ge…

A. Notification of any change in employment or pay status must be received within fifteen days of the effective date of the change. These changes may be indicated on the warrant if time permits, if not, notification must be made via an official electronic notification. Supporting…

A. Notification of any change in employment or pay status must be received within 15 days of the effective date of the change. These changes may be indicated on the warrant if time permits, if not, notification must be made via an official electronic notification. Supporting docu…

A. Notification of any change in employment or pay status must be received within fifteen days of the effective date of the change. These changes may be indicated on the warrant if time permits, if not, notification must be made via an official electronic means. Supporting docume…

A. A circulation system consisting of pumps, piping, return inlets and suction outlets, filters, and other necessary equipment shall be provided for complete circulation of water through all parts of the pool. B. The equipment shall be of adequate size to turn over the entire poo…

A. The water velocity in the pool piping shall not exceed 10 feet per second for discharge piping, (except for copper pipe where the velocity should not exceed 8 feet per second), and 6 feet per second for suction piping, unless summary calculations are provided to show that the …

A. Design. Filters shall be designed so that after cleaning per manufacturer's instructions the system can provide the required water clarity. 1. Filters shall be designed so that filtration surfaces can be inspected and serviced.

A. A pump motor shall be provided for circulation of the pool water. Performance of all pumps shall meet or exceed the conditions of flow required for filtering and cleaning (if applicable) the filters against the total dynamic head developed by the complete system. B. All motors…

A. Return inlet(s) and suction outlet(s) shall be provided and arranged to produce a uniform circulation of water and maintain a uniform disinfectant residual throughout the pool. Where skimmers are used, the return inlet(s) shall be located so as to help bring floating particles…

A. Design. Return water inlets shall be adjustable so that water can be distributed evenly. B. Number and Location 1. All inlets shall discharge at a depth of at least 10 to 15 inches below pool overflow level to prevent loss of disinfectant. 2. In large pools, with outlets more …

A. If the suction outlet system, such as a filtration system, booster system, automatic cleaning system, solar system, etc., has a single suction outlet, or multiple suction outlets which can be isolated by valves, each suction outlet shall protect against user entrapment by eith…

A. A surface skimming system shall be provided on all public swimming pools, and shall be designed and constructed to skim the pool surface when the water level is maintained within the operational parameters of the system's rim or weir device. B. Where automatic surface skimmers…

A. Installation. The heater(s) shall be installed in accordance with all federal, state, and local codes as well as the manufacturer's recommendations. B. Heaters shall be tested and shall comply with the requirements of ANSI-Z21.56a-1990 for gas applications, or UL 1261 for elec…

A. This rule is intended to be a mechanism to secure rapid and full compliance with the requirements of the state sanitary code and other applicable laws and regulations relative to public water systems providing safe drinking water. It is not intended as a revenue gathering mech…

A. Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit the state health officer from modifying the contents of an administrative order if changes are warranted to ensure compliance with applicable laws and regulations or to allow for the practical ability to comply with the items so or…

A. R.S. 40:5.9(A) authorizes the state health officer to assess a civil penalty up to $3,000 a day for each day of violation and for each act of violation of a provision of an administrative compliance order. B. [formerly section 3.2 of paragraph III of appendix A] For purposes o…

A. [formerly section 4.1 of paragraph IV of appendix A] At the discretion of the state health officer, notice(s) imposing penalty assessments may be issued from time to time subsequent to either initial non-compliance with any provision of the administrative compliance order or s…

A. A person who is aggrieved by a final decision of the agency relative to penalty imposition may petition for judicial review according to the provisions of R.S. 49:964 of the Administrative Procedure Act. Proceedings for review may be instituted by filing a petition in the Nine…

A. A case is commenced for purposes of this Chapter upon the filing of a hearing or mediation request by a party. If DAL has jurisdiction over a matter, the matter will be docketed and assigned to an administrative law judge. B. When DAL receives a hearing request subject to its …

A. Hearings will be held in the venue required by statute except when the hearing is conducted by telephone. B. When the governing statute does not require a particular venue, or provides for more than one appropriate venue, the location of hearings will be determined by the admi…

A. A party may request a hearing be conducted entirely based on the record, briefs or other written submissions. B. A party requesting a hearing on the record must file a motion no later than 10 days before the scheduled hearing unless a different time period is allowed by the ad…

A. Unless otherwise required by law, pleadings should: 1. state the name, physical address, mailing address, e-mail address, and telephone number of the person filing the pleading, and his/her bar roll number, if applicable; 2. be legibly written, typewritten or printed with 1-in…

A. Any pleading, document, or other item filed with the Administrative Hearings Clerk into the adjudicatory record shall be filed by hand delivery, postal mail, common carrier, or transmitted by facsimile or other electronic means. Documents sent by facsimile should not exceed 20…

A. Except as otherwise required by law, on the day that a pleading or document is filed with the Administrative Hearings Clerk, service of same shall be made upon all other parties, attorneys or designated representatives, by hand delivery, mail or electronic transmission, as sho…

A. All notices of hearings, orders, decisions and other documents sent by DAL shall be sent by postal mail or transmitted by electronic means, unless otherwise required by law. 1. If a party is not represented by counsel, notices are sent to the party’s last known physical, posta…

A. A person shall not construct or operate a community sewerage system, or make a modification of an existing system which changes the system's capacity, effluent quality, point of discharge, hydraulic or contaminant loadings, or operation of the component units of the system wit…

A. Detailed plans and specifications for the construction or modification of a community sewerage system for which a permit is requested shall be submitted by the person who is the owner, his legal agent or who has responsible charge of the facilities. The review and approval of …