Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Subject to these regulations, any person who holds a specific license from the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, any other agreement state, or any licensing state and issued by the agency having jurisdiction where the licensee maintains an office for directing the licensed a…

Schedule AExempt Concentrations(See Notes at End of Schedule A) Element(Atomic Number) Isotope Column IGas Concentrations(µCi/ml)1 Column IILiquid and Solid Concentration(µCi/ml)2 Antimony (51) Sb-122 3 x 10-4 Sb-124 2 x 10-4 Sb-125 1 x 10-3 Argon (18) Ar-37 1 x 10-3 Ar-41 4 x 10…

A. The following policy and procedures are in effect immediately and remain in effect for each classmember pending completion of the 2.1 evaluation process and implementation of a final individual comprehensive service plan. While DHHR intends to hold the movement of classmembers…

A. Responsibility for notification rests with the facility from which transfer will be made. B. Time of notification is 30 days prior to date of transfer. C. Parties to be notified include the following: l. classmember; 2. classmember's parent or guardian or representative; 3. re…

A. The purpose of the staffing is to review appropriateness of proposed new living arrangements and associated program components to meeting the habilitative needs of a classmember for whom movement is planned. B. Functions of the team are defined below: 1. to assure adequacy of …

A. A report of the pre-movement staffing will include significant items of discussion and rationale for decisions made by the team. B. Parties present for the staffing, including classmember, parent or guardian or representative, and the special master or her designee, will sign …

A. Extraordinary circumstances include the following: 1. medical emergency with implications for extended disability, and when such disability or serious threat to health requires a change in residential placement before the pre‑movement conference could reasonably be scheduled; …

A. Acute treatment of medical or psychiatric illness, when it is reasonable to expect that the classmember will return to his/her previous residential placement, will not require implementation of the procedures outlined in this policy. Should it, however, become evident during t…

A. The Department of Health and Human Resources or its offices will not be deemed to be in violation of this policy because of any of the following events when every reasonable effort has been made to comply or to reach compromise solutions: 1. refusal or inability of a classmemb…

A. In accordance with the provisions R.S. 48:381.2, the chief engineer of the Department of Transportation and Development, or his designee, may issue nonexclusive permits, on a competitively neutral and nondiscriminatory basis for use of public rights-of-way to utility operators…

A. Any facilities placed within the highway right-of-way shall be placed in accordance with existing federal, state, or local laws and the standards of the department. Environmental clearances may also be necessary and are the responsibility of the permit applicant. B. All facili…

A. All materials and workmanship shall conform to the requirements of the applicable industry codes and to department specifications. B. All safety precautions for the protection of the traveling public shall be observed. Delays to traffic will be minimized to the maximum extent …

A. Rest areas and stationary weigh stations; B. power poles and light standards; C. on longitudinal elevated structures; D. co-located on DOTD-owned communications tower facilities; E. inside interchange loops and adjacent on/off ramps.

A. Definitions for use in this Section: Installation Facility—any tower or pole installed or utilized by a wireless telecommunications carrier for wireless audio and visual communications. Monopole/Guyed Tower—tower that consists of one stem or one pole anchored to the ground and…

A. In rest areas, weigh stations, maintenance units, and other large tracts of property: 1. 350 ft. (maximum) self supporting lattice type towers; 2. 195 ft. (maximum) monopole tower; 3. lighted monopole tower replacement of light standard; 4. existing communication tower. B. Oth…

A. DOTD communications equipment shall be allowed to co-locate on wireless facility towers, at no cost to DOTD, provided that the tower's structural capacity is adequate to safely support such additional use; the existing space on the tower is at the height DOTD desires; and no t…

A. No authorized attachment to an existing structure shall cause technical interference with any equipment on the facility. B. Plans will be submitted to the bridge design engineer and the structures and facilities maintenance engineer for approval.

A. Repairs under the roadway will not be allowed if such repairs necessitate open cutting the highway. If a problem occurs with a line crossing, the applicant must install a new crossing. The applicant must bear 100 percent of the cost. B. Prior to the start of construction of wi…

A. Fences, parking, and other security measures may be permitted in accordance with other DOTD standards. B. Traffic barriers and/or crash mitigation structures shall be installed as deemed necessary by the permit engineer.

A. The Bond Commission shall annually establish the maximum dollar amount which may be expended in any year for servicing net state tax supported debt, as such terms are defined by law (the "debt limit"). This is to be a computation based on the formula used in R.S. 39:1367 (as n…

A. Through its executive director, the board shall be responsible for the administration and processing of claims against and legal defense of claims against the fund. The executive director shall be responsible, and accountable to the board, for coordination and management of de…

A. All expenses incurred in the legal defense, disposition, payment on individual claims, judgments, or settlements shall be accounted for and allocated among such respective claims.

A. Within 30 days of receipt of notice of a claim against or potentially involving liability of the fund, the board may establish a reserve against such claim representing the total amount of compensation and compensation adjustment expenses which the fund is anticipated to be li…

A. Claims against the fund may be compromised and settled upon the recommendation of the executive director and the approval of the board. The executive director shall, however, have authority, without the necessity of prior approval by the board, to compromise and settle any ind…

A. All communications made and documents, records, and data developed between, by, or among the board, executive director, Office of Risk Management, PCF general counsel, the Attorney General or his representative, contracted legal counsel, and enrolled health care providers and …

A. The Office of Telecommunications Management will be responsible for the coordination and publication of all directory information for state telephone users. Respective agency telecommunications coordinators will be responsible for initiating directory listing changes and for v…

A. Authority of CPO. The CPO is authorized to resolve protests and contract controversies. Detailed procedures will be regarding calculation of deadline dates, methods of transmitting protests and contract controversies, and similar administrative matters. B. Protests 1. All prot…

A. Protest Damages. The CPO, or designee, any hearing officer, and any court properly hearing any matter arising out of any protest may award damages to the aggrieved party when the protest brought by such aggrieved party is sustained and the aggrieved party should have been awar…

A. Effective for dates of service on or after [day of promulgation], the Medicaid Program shall provide reimbursement for maternal healthcare services before, during, and after childbirth provided by a registered doula in Louisiana.

A. A qualified doula is an individual who: 1. has been trained to provide physical, emotional, and educational support to pregnant and birthing women and their families; 2. has approved registration with the Doula Registry Board; and 3. enrolled as a Louisiana Medicaid provider. …

A. Covered doula services may include, but are not limited to: 1. assistance and attendance during labor and after childbirth, including cesarean deliveries; 2. prenatal and postpartum support and education; 3. breastfeeding assistance and lactation support; 4. parenting educatio…

A. The following represents the text of the Office of Workers' Compensation Administration's scientific and technical guidelines for accident-related drug testing programs, as directed by Act 454 of the Regular Session of 1989. These guidelines address the mandatory scientific an…

A. Compensation shall not be allowed to the employee who receives personal injury from a job-related accident if the injury was caused by the employee's intoxication. Compensation will not be precluded, however, where the intoxication resulted from activities which were in pursui…

A. Collection Site 1. The collection site is a place where individuals present themselves for the purpose of providing urine, blood, breath or other specimens to be analyzed for abuse of drugs, including alcohol. The site must possess all necessary personnel, materials, equipment…

A. Receiving/Preparation 1. The laboratory must be secured at all times; procedures to control access by unauthorized personnel shall be in place. Upon receipt of specimens, accession personnel shall inspect packages for evidence of possible tampering and compare information on s…

A. An essential part of the drug testing program is the final review of results. A positive test result does not automatically identify an employee as a drug abuser. A Medical Review Officer (MRO) with a detailed knowledge of possible alternate medical explanations must be involv…

A. Emissions whose quality as of the effective date of these regulations is higher than the standards set forth herein shall be maintained at the higher quality unless it can be affirmatively demonstrated to the department that a change in quality is justifiable and will not be c…

A. The provisions of this Chapter are applicable to the following sources: 1. new or existing sulfuric acid production units; 2. new or existing sulfur recovery plants; and 3. all other single point sources that emit or have the potential to emit 5 tons per year or more of sulfur…

A. Sulfuric Acid Plants—New and Existing. The emissions of sulfur dioxide and acid mist from new sulfuric acid production units that commence construction or modification after August 17, 1971, shall be limited to that specified in 40 CFR 60.82 and 60.83, as incorporated by refer…

A. Owners and operators of USTs shall allow an authorized representative of the department, upon proper presentation of credentials, to do the following. 1. The representative shall be allowed to enter, for inspection or sampling purposes, the premises where a UST system is or mi…

A. Failure of any person to comply with any of the provisions of these regulations or any order issued hereunder constitutes a violation of the Act.

A. Investigations shall be undertaken to determine whether a violation has occurred or is about to occur, the scope and nature of the violation, and the persons or parties involved. Notice of the initiation of an investigation may be given to any complainant who provided the info…

A. Pursuant to Revised Statute 40:1472.1 through 40:1472.19, as amended, the following rules and regulations are adopted as required thereunder, covering the manufacture, storage, transportation, sale, use and handling of explosives and blasting agents in the state of Louisiana. …

Annual Refresher Training—a period of 13 calendar months. Approved―approved by the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Services. Artificial Barricade―an artificial mound or revetted wall of earth of a minimum thickness of 3 feet. Barricaded―building containing explosi…

A. All incidents or accidents involving explosives which resulted in property damage, injuries, or fatalities shall be reported to the Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Services, Explosives Control Unit through the State Police Hot Line (225-925-6595) immediately! B. No person un…

A. Buildings or other facilities used for mixing blasting agents, including mobile equipment, shall be located, with respect to inhabited buildings, passenger railroads and public highways, in accordance with the American Table of Distances as set forth in §1545, Appendix A. B. M…

A. All explosives, including black powder in excess of 5 pounds, except when preempted by federal or state regulations, shall be kept in magazines which meet the requirements of these rules and regulations. Blasting agents shall be stored in accordance with the requirements set f…

A. Magazines shall be constructed in conformity with the provisions of these rules and regulations, or may be of substantially equivalent construction satisfactory to the Office of the Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Services. B. Magazines for the storage of explosives, other t…

C. Blasting agents, when stored entirely separate from other explosives, shall be stored in one-story warehouses without basements. These warehouses shall be: 1. noncombustible or fire resistive; 2. constructed so as to eliminate open floor drains and piping into which molten mat…

A. Blasting agents and oxidizers used for mixing of blasting agents shall be stored in the manner set forth in this Section. Storage of explosives in active underground operations is exempt from the rules and regulations set forth in this Section, but must comply with all applica…