Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Food in hermetically sealed containers shall be obtained from a licensed and/or regulated food processing plant.

A. Fluid, frozen, dry milk and milk products shall be obtained from sources with Grade A Standards as specified in law and Part VII and Part VIII of the state sanitary code. B. All pasteurized, ultra-pasteurized and aseptically processed milk and dairy products shall be placed in…

A. Fish, shellfish, edible crustaceans, marine and fresh water animal food products shall be obtained from sources according to law and Part IX of the state sanitary code. Shellstock tags shall be retained by the food establishment or retail food store/market for 90 days after se…

A. Shell eggs shall be received clean and sound according to law. B. Liquid, frozen and dry egg products shall be obtained pasteurized. C. Shell eggs which have not been specifically processed to destroy all live Salmonellae before distribution to the consumer shall be labeled wi…

A. Poultry and meat products shall be obtained from sources according to law.

A. Game animals may be received for sale if they are under a routine inspection program conducted by a regulatory authority or raised, slaughtered, and processed under a voluntary inspection program by a regulatory authority. B. If retail food markets are requested by an individu…

A. Words not defined in this Subpart shall have their common usage and meaning as stated in the Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary-Tenth Edition and other similarly accepted reference texts. B. Unless otherwise specifically provided herein, the following words and terms are …

A. The Louisiana Initiative for Veteran and Service-Connected Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Entrepreneurships (The Veteran Initiative), hereinafter called LAVET, was created to provide additional opportunities for Louisiana-based veteran and service-connected disabled veteran-owne…

A. The state of Louisiana's Small Entrepreneurship (Hudson Initiative) Program, hereinafter called SE (HI), was created to provide additional opportunities for Louisiana-based small entrepreneurships, hereinafter called SE's, to participate in contracting and procurement with the…

A. Act 167 of the 2009 Regular Legislative Session enacted R.S. 39:2171 et seq., creating the Louisiana Initiative for Veteran and Service-Connected Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Entrepreneurships (The Veteran Initiative) for the State of Louisiana. As enacted, the LAVET is a goal…

A. Act 440 of the 2005 legislative session enacted R.S. 39:2001 et seq., and R.S. 51:931, creating the Small Entrepreneurship (Hudson Initiative) Program for the state of Louisiana. As enacted, the SE (HI) is a goal-oriented program, encouraging the state to contract with certifi…

A. These procedures apply to all state departments, prime contractors, subcontractors, and certified SE's involved with SE (HI) contracts. These procedures do not apply to agency expenditures for amortization of debt, debt service, depreciation, employee benefits, per diem, reloc…

A. These procedures apply to all state departments, prime contractors, subcontractors, certified VSE’s and certified DVSE’s involved with LAVET contracts. These procedures do not apply to agency expenditures for amortization of debt, debt service, depreciation, employee benefits,…

A. The individual and family support program is designed to meet the needs of individuals with intellectual/developmental disabilities which exceed those normally met by existing resources, entitlements, and those occurring naturally in the individual’s family and community pursu…

Applicant—the individual with intellectual/developmental disabilities for whom supports are requested. Community Support Professional—a Local Governing Entity (LGE) staff person whose duties may include support coordination to applicants and participants in individual and family …

A. Each LGE will maintain a single participant record for each applicant or participant in the individual and family support program, which will comply with Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), OCDD, Health Insurance Portability and Accountability ACT (HIPAA) requirements. The r…

A. The individual and family support program is a resource available to serve an individual with intellectual/developmental disabilities and his/her family as follows. 1. The individual lives in Louisiana and has a statement of approval to participate in intellectual/developmenta…

A. The request for individual and family support funding can be made by any eligible individual with intellectual/developmental disabilities, the applicant’s family or representatives, a support coordination agency, or designated facility personnel for individuals residing in fac…

A. There will be a single plan of support for each applicant for individual and family support funding, regardless of the funding mechanism or LGE delivering supports. B. The support coordinator or community services professional will meet with the individual and their family (if…

A. Each LGE will be responsible for the prioritization of all requests for individual and family support funding presented for a funding decision according to the following. 1. Priority 1. Without requested supports, there is an immediate or potential threat of out-of-home placem…

A. Each LGE will maintain an individual and family support committee to be convened on a regular basis, but no less than quarterly, and on an as-needed basis, to serve as an advisory function to the LGE about allocation of funding. B. The individual and family support committee s…

A. Authorization for individual and family support funding will be made by the developmental disabilities director in cases determined to require immediate action. Factors which may influence allocation of funds under these circumstances include, but are not limited to: 1. urgenc…

A. Individual and family support expenditures will only be authorized through a plan of support which will: 1. be generated no more than 90 calendar days before the request for support is made; 2. extend for the duration of any agreement to utilize individual and family support f…

A. The support coordinator or community services professional in cooperation with the participant and the family when applicable, will implement the plan of support as approved. B. The support coordinator or community services professional will serve as the primary resource to ap…

A. The individual and family support program supports are intended to maintain and/or improve maximum flexibility for eligible participants with intellectual/developmental disabilities and their families by meeting their needs to enable them to remain at home and be fully partici…

A. Supports ineligible for payment by individual and family support funding include, but are not limited to: 1. items or supports for which an individual or family is routinely eligible under existing programs, such as home and community-based waiver, Medicaid State Plan, EarlySt…

A. The developmental disabilities director, or designee, may authorize expenditures of individual and family support funds and shall have final discretion on the type of payment mechanism, with appropriate prior notification to the executive director of a LGE as specified by the …

A. The plan of support for each participant in individual and family support shall clearly reflect the intended utilization of supports and be specific to the type and level of support to be received; conditions of delivery of service; the frequency and duration of the service. B…

A. Support coordinator or community services professional will maintain at least quarterly contact with the participant, with documentation to the record, for the duration of supports; contact can be face-to-face or by telephone except that home or vehicle modification(s) will be…

A. Each LGE will conduct a supervisory review of at least 10 percent of active plans of support of individual and family support applicants and participants on an at least quarterly basis to ensure compliance with program guidelines and quality of service delivery. This internal …

A. Terminations occur when an individual and family support service has been approved and is then terminated for one of the reasons listed in Subsection B of this Section. This is not the same as a closure of request, which occurs before a service is approved. B. Terminations may…

A. Applicants for and participants in the individual and family support program who have had supports approved in part, reduced, denied or terminated, shall have a right to appeal to the Division of Administrative Law-Louisiana Department of Health (LDH) section. B. Applicants an…

A. The purchase, lease, and rental of all information technology equipment, related services, and software by LED shall be exempt from the requirements of R.S. 39:1551-1755, R.S. 39:196-200, and the oversight and procurement authority of the Chief Information Officer and Office o…

A. Single procurements of information technology equipment, software, installation, license, modifications, integration, training, hosted software, software subscriptions, support etc., collectively known as “IT”, and hardware/software maintenance estimated to cost less than $250…

A. Definitions. The following words and phrases for purposes of these regulations shall have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section, unless the context wherein the particular word or phrase is used clearly indicates a different meaning. Department—the Louisiana Department o…

A. This Chapter applies to all persons licensed by the commissioner pursuant to the Louisiana consumer credit law (LCCL) and the Louisiana Deferred Presentment and Small Loan Act (LDPSLA) who engage in the business of making small loans and deferred presentment transactions pursu…

A. Unless the context otherwise requires, as determined by the commissioner in his discretion, all terms used in this Chapter 11 shall have the same meanings as in the Louisiana consumer credit law, (LCCL), R.S. 9:3510 et seq., as amended, and the Louisiana Deferred Presentment a…

A. The Department of State has developed and now offers a secure business filings (SBF) service designed to discourage fraudulent business filings in Louisiana. The service will notify a limited liability company via email whenever amendments are submitted on the limited liabilit…

A. The Department of State has developed and now offers an optional paid Commercial API subscription service which will allow customers, such as banks, service companies and agencies doing enforcement activities, to search for business entity filings using their back-end systems.…

Urban―an organization, the service area of which includes a parish with a population of 50,000 or over. Rural―an organization, the service area of which includes no parish with a population of 50,000 or over.

A. Applicant. Applicant organization may not be a tax levying body. B. Staff. Must employ professional full-time executive director. Must submit résumé and evidence of employment by applicant organization. C. Service Area 1. If organization has been active for the past three year…

A. Applicant. Applicant may not be a tax levying body. B. Staff. May employ professional full-time executive director or may contract for work. Must submit résumé and evidence of employment by applicant organization. If full-time employee or contract employee not applicable, must…

A. The procedural rules of the board are hereby made applicable to the Local Tax Division, but may be varied by standing order of the local tax judge and shall be subject to the provisions of R.S. 47:1403 concerning the authority of the local tax judge over all cases assigned to …

A. The rules and procedures contained herein are promulgated by the corporation in order to assure public confidence in the procedures followed by the corporation in the operation and administration of lottery sports wagering. The operation of lottery sports wagering is a unique …

A. The following words and terms shall have the meaning set forth herein when used in the policies and rules. Act—the provisions of the Louisiana Lottery Corporation Law, R.S. 47:9001 et seq. Anti-Money Laundering Standards or AML—the requirements and guidelines provided in the f…

A. In placing a sports wager, the player agrees to abide by applicable laws, operator rules, all corporation rules, policies, instructions, conditions, and final decisions of the president of the corporation.

A. The corporation through a contract with an operator will operate and administer a sports book. The sports book operated on behalf of the corporation will be a separate and distinct responsibility and operation from lottery gaming.

A. The operator, sports wagering service providers, distributors, manufacturers, vendors, suppliers, personnel, and retail establishments will be permitted by the corporation based on qualifications and suitability standards detailed in the Act and this Subchapter. B. Any permit …

A. An application for a permit is seeking the granting of a privilege. The burden of proving qualification and suitability to receive the permit is at all times on the applicant. B. An applicant accepts the risk of adverse public notice, embarrassment, criticism or other action o…

A. The application for a permit should demonstrate by clear and convincing evidence to the corporation the applicant’s qualifications and suitability. B. The application must contain the disclosure requirements in the applicable suitability standards. C. The application must incl…