Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Personal care services shall be provided in the recipient’s home or in another location outside of the recipient’s home if the provision of these services allows the recipient to participate in normal life activities pertaining to the IADLs cited in the plan of care. The recip…

A. Personal care services shall be limited to up to 32 hours per week. Authorization of service hours shall be considered on a case-by-case basis as substantiated by the recipient’s plan of care and supporting documentation. B. There shall be no duplication of services. 1. Person…

A. A rate validation process will occur every two years, at a minimum, to determine the sufficiency of reimbursement rates. The rate validation process will involve the comparison of current provider reimbursement rates to reimbursement rates established using the department’s re…

A. Reimbursement for long term personal care services shall be a prospective flat rate for each approved unit of service that is provided to the participant. One quarter hour (15 minutes) is the standard unit of service for LT-PCS. Reimbursement shall not be paid for the provisio…

A. LT-PCS providers must submit annual cost reports with a fiscal year from July 1 through June 30 to the department to verify expenditures and to support rate setting for the services rendered to HCBS LT-PCS participants. B. Each LT-PCS provider must complete the LDH approved co…

A. Establishment of Direct Service Worker Wage Floor and Other Benefits 1. Long term-personal care services (LT-PCS) providers that were providing LT-PCS on or after October 1, 2021 and employing direct service workers (DSWs) will receive the equivalent of a $4.50 per hour rate i…

A. The purpose of Regulation 95 is to implement the provisions of Acts 2006, No. 809, Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature which mandates that a board of review be established within the Department of Insurance to review a public fire protection grading issued by the Prop…

A. Regulation 95 sets forth the procedures for review of a public fire protection grading issued by the Property Insurance Association of Louisiana, R.S. 22:1405.1 through 22:1405.3.

A. Regulation 95 is issued pursuant to the authority vested in the Commissioner of Insurance pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 49:953 et seq., of the Administrative Procedure Act; R.S. 22:3, and specifically 22:1405(J) and 1405.1 through 1405.3.

A. For the purposes of Regulation 95, these terms shall have the meaning ascribed herein unless the context clearly indicates otherwise. Board—board of review established by the Louisiana Department of Insurance to review a public fire protection grading issued by the Property In…

A. A fire chief shall have authority to request a review of a public fire protection grading issued by the PIAL if the following requirements of R.S. 22:1405.2 have been satisfied: 1. the fire chief has attended the Professional Grading Assistance Program class, or has attended a…

A. The fire chief shall make a written request for board review of the public fire protection grading to the commissioner within 60 days of PIAL's written response to the fire chief's dispute letter. B If PIAL fails to provide a written response to the fire chief's dispute letter…

A. The board shall convene a hearing within 90 days after a request for review of a public fire protection grading has been properly submitted. B. The board shall hold the hearing in the public fire protection district for which a request for review has been filed. C. The fire ch…

B. The request for rehearing of a board decision made pursuant to section §12911 through §12915 shall be made in writing to the commissioner within 10 days after receipt of a written decision of the board. The request for rehearing shall state the grounds upon which a rehearing s…

A. The fire chief and PIAL shall both have the right to request that the board reconsider its decision made pursuant to section §12911 through

A. The board shall transmit its written decision to both PIAL and the fire chief within 90 days of the completion of a hearing or rehearing. B. The decision of the board shall instruct PIAL to: 1. reevaluate the disputed public fire protection grading for the subject fire protect…

A. The board shall provide public notice of a public fire protection grading review hearing or rehearing 10 business days prior to the hearing. This notice shall provide the time, date, and location of the public fire protection review hearing or rehearing. B. Notice shall be pub…

A. For the purposes of this regulation, select correspondence underlying a board review of a public fire protection grading shall be made in writing and sent by certified/registered mail. B. The following correspondence requires certified/registered post marks: 1. PIAL's original…

A. This regulation shall become effective upon final publication in the Louisiana Register and shall apply to acts or practices committed on or after the effective date.

A. Surface Hydrology 1. Facilities located in a 100-year flood plain shall be filled to bring site elevation above flood levels, or perimeter levees or other measures must be provided to maintain adequate protection against a 100-year flood. 2. Facilities located in, or within 1,…

A. Plans and Specifications 1. Facility plans, specifications, and operations represented and described in the permit application or permit modifications for all facilities shall be prepared under the supervision of and certified by a professional engineer, licensed in the state …

A. Location Characteristics. The information on location characteristics listed in this Subsection is required and shall be provided for all Type I-A and II-A solid waste processing and disposal facilities. 1. Area master plans shall include location maps and/or engineering drawi…

A. Contracts exceeding the amounts provided in Section 305 shall be awarded as provided for in this Chapter. B. Contracts for $100,001 or more and Social Service contracts for $250,001 or more, within a 12-month period, shall be awarded in accordance with regulations issued by LE…

A. Prior to the final determination or delineation of individual property ownership lines or boundaries, a preliminary parcel map shall be constructed on 2 mil, dimensionally stable, single-matte transparent film material or the equivalent for each final property ownership map in…

A. The following guidelines shall be considered and adhered to as closely as possible during the preliminary ownership map compilation phase of parcel map development: 1. tax district or taxing unit boundaries shall split contiguous ownership into separate parcels. A dashed land …

A. The dimensions of parcels shall be obtained from the assessment records, the recorded map references, or the deed of record when used in the preparation of new ownership maps. All parcel dimensions shall be verified by coordinate geometry (COGO) or electronic digitization, as …

A. The areas of parcels shall be obtained from the assessment records, the recorded map references, or the deed of record when used in the preparation of new ownership maps. All parcel areas shall be verified by coordinate geometry (COGO) or electronic digitization, as applicable…

A. The permanent parcel ownership map and parcel numbering system, as herein described, shall be used to identify all properties within the parish. It is designed to provide instant location of each parcel geographically within the parish, as well as within each ownership map she…

A. The compiler shall resolve and/or record any discrepancies found in the preparation of the ownership maps as follows. 1. A field edit shall be made to locate, delineate, and determine the ownership of the properties not presently listed in the assessment records and any unreso…

A. Minimum information to be contained in the title block and margin area for each parcel map sheet shall be as follows: 1. parish name; 2. Louisiana; 3. name and address of mapping consultant; 4. scale bar and north arrow; 5. block index showing particular respective area classi…

A. Plotting. All hard-copy parcel maps shall be mechanically ink drafted using automatic pen plotters. Final parcel map sheets shall be prepared on 4 mil, dimensionally stable, double-matte polyester film such as Mylar, Cronflex, or the equivalent. B. Sheet Size. The sheet size o…

A. Final parcel index records for all property parcels mapped shall be furnished by the compiler to the parish following completion of the project in conformance with the standard format set forth within accompanying §1735 Appendix C. Each parcel index record shall contain the as…

A. The completed final parcel map products shall constitute the property of the responsible contracting authority. During performance of the project, parcel map products may remain in the custody of the mapping consultant and will be accessible to the responsible contracting auth…

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GLOSSARY OF TERMS AND ABBREVIATIONS FOR PROPERTY PARCEL MAPS Acre Ac Not Recorded NR Addition Add North N Avenue Ave Number No Baptist Bapt Page Pg Boulevard Blvd Place Pl Catholic Cath Plat Book PB Cemetery Cem Presbyterian Presby Circle Ci Property Prop Court Ct Railroad RR Cre…

PARCEL RECORD FILE ASCII FILE LAYOUT Field Number Field Name Field Width From Col. To Col. 1 Parcel Identification Number 10 1 10 2 Parcel Identification Number Suffix 6 11 16 3 Archival Parcel Number 20 17 36 4 Parcel Account Number 20 37 56 5 Parish Number 2 57 58 6 Louisiana C…

PARISH CODE NUMBERS AND LOUISIANA COORDINATE GRID ZONES Parish Name Code No. Grid Zone Acadia 01 S Allen 02 S Ascension 03 S Assumption 04 S Avoyelles 05 N Beaureguard 06 S Bienville 07 N Bossier 08 N Caddo 09 N Calcasieu 10 S Caldwell 11 N Cameron 12 S Catahoula 13 N Claiborne 1…

A. The following are causes, in addition to those found in LAC 33:IX.2907, for terminating a permit during its term or for denying a permit renewal: 1. failure to pay applicable fees under the provisions of LAC 33:IX.Chapter 13; 2. due consideration of the facility's history of v…

A. The provisions of this Chapter shall govern the cancellation of solicitations issued by the state and rejections of bids or proposals in whole or in part.

A. Solicitations should only be issued when there is a funded, valid need unless the solicitation states that it is for informational purposes only. Preparing and distributing a solicitation requires the expenditure of state time and funds. Businesses likewise incur expense in ex…

A. Each solicitation issued by the state shall state that the solicitation may be canceled as provided in these regulations.

A. A solicitation may be canceled in whole or in part when the chief procurement officer or the head of a purchasing agency determines in writing that such action is in the state's best interest for reasons including but not limited to: 1. the state no longer requires the supplie…

A. General. This Subsection applies to rejections of individual bids or proposals in whole or in part. 1. Proposals (as used in this Section)⎯competitive responses solicited in accordance with R.S. 39:1595 and Chapter 26 of these regulations. B. Notice in Solicitation. Each solic…

A. When bids or proposals are rejected, or a solicitation is canceled after bids/proposals have been opened, the bids/proposals shall be retained in the procurement file.

A. In accordance with R.S. 39:1605, R.S. 39:1630 and R.S. 39:1691, the pre-award cancellation of a solicitation by the chief procurement officer or his designee shall be final and conclusive unless the person adversely affected by the cancellation has timely appealed to the Ninet…

A. The requirements of this Chapter apply to persons engaged in critical junctures of a UST system. Certification is not required for those persons engaged in the process of relining an underground storage tank through the application of such materials as epoxy resins, nor does i…

A. The terms defined in this Section shall have the following meanings in this Chapter. Closure―the process of removing and disposing of a UST system no longer in service, the process of abandoning such a system in place through the use of prescribed techniques for the purging of…

A. Categories of Certification. UST certificates issued by the department will address the following categories: 1. installation/repair; and 2. closure. B. Requirements for Certification Examination 1. To qualify for an examination, a person need not be a resident of Louisiana. A…

A. Nature of the Examinations. Examinations administered to candidates for certification under the terms of this Chapter shall be written, multiple-choice examinations. Specific examinations will be given for each category of certification. The questions used in an actual examina…

A. No course in continuing education submitted to the Office of Environmental Assessment will be considered for approval unless the course: 1. is relevant to the subject area of installation, repair, closure, or the regulation of UST systems; and 2. offers instruction on the most…