Louisiana Administrative Code

A. Any registrant or interested person may request that the board approve a continuing education program or activity. Such requestor must provide to the board all relevant information and documentation demonstrating that the program or activity meets the criteria for approval set…

A. Documentation and/or certification of satisfaction of the continuing professional education requirements set forth in this Chapter shall be made in a manner prescribed by the board’s renewal application.

A. The board may, in its discretion, waive all or part of the continuing education required by these rules in favor of a registered doula who makes written request for such waiver to the board and evidences to the satisfaction of the board a permanent physical disability, illness…

A. The purpose of this regulation is to establish a procedure for the submission of required contact information for risk-bearing entities, to set a specific date and method for submission of the annual filing of the contact information, to establish the procedure and time limita…

A. The following terms when used in this Chapter shall have the following meanings: Commissioner—the Louisiana Commissioner of Insurance. Department—the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Risk-Bearing Entity—any entity included in R.S. 22:48.

B. This notice shall be made electronically using the department’s industry access system or any subsequent program provided by the commissioner.

A. No later than March 1st annually, every risk-bearing entity conducting business in Louisiana shall provide notice to the commissioner that sets forth the name, mailing address, phone number, and electronic mail address for each required contact as set forth above in

A. Every risk-bearing entity shall notify the commissioner within 30 days of any change in the contact information that was provided with the annual filing. B. The notification of change may be made by using the department’s industry access system or through an electronic filing …

A. Failure to provide notice to the commissioner of the required contact information on or before March 1st or to provide a notification of change to the commissioner within 30 days of any change in the contact information may be determined by the commissioner to be a violation o…

A. An entity seeking approval from the board as a board approved doula training organization shall demonstrate all of the following: 1. that the entity has employees, board members, or consultants with a subject matter expertise in doula, birth, and/or prenatal care; 2. that the …

A. An entity seeking approval as a board approved doula training organization shall submit an application in a format or utilizing a form prescribed by the board. The application, instructions, and address or method of submitting an application are available on the board’s webpag…

A. Approval of an entity as a board approved doula training organization shall expire five years from the date of issuance. An approved entity may apply to the board no earlier than six months prior to such expiration for re-approval for an additional five years. The procedures, …

A. The board shall send notification to an applicant of the board’s final determination that the applicant shall be denied requested approval as a board approved doula training organization. B. Any such denial shall state with particularity the basis for the denial, including the…

A. The board may revoke approval as a board approved doula training organization if the organization: 1. violates or fails to continue to comply with any applicable provision or requirement of this Chapter; or 2. provides to the board any false, misleading, forged, or materially …

A. The purpose of this regulation is to establish a procedure by which an insurance producer may request consent or a waiver to employ or to otherwise associate with his business an individual engaged in the business of insurance who has been convicted of a felony in accordance w…

A. Regulation 119 shall apply to all insurance producers licensed in Louisiana.

A. Strictly for the purposes of Regulation 119, the following terms are defined as follows: Business of Insurance—the writing of insurance or the reinsuring of risks by an insurance producer, including all acts necessary or incidental to such writing or reinsuring, and the activi…

A. The commissioner may place on probation, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue, renew, or reinstate an insurance producer license, or may levy a fine not to exceed five hundred dollars if an insurance producer, without the consent of or a waiver from the commissioner, has employ…

A. Consent or a waiver issued pursuant to R.S. 22:1554(A)(18) shall be issued solely to the employing insurance producer and shall remain in effect during the employment of the individual with the insurance producer. However, such consent or waiver may be rescinded if the employe…

A. An individual who has been convicted of a felony involving dishonesty or breach of trust shall be required to request written consent from the commissioner to engage in the business of insurance or participate in such business pursuant to 18 U.S.C. §1033(e)(B)(2). B. The emplo…

A. The commissioner may impose penalties in accordance with R.S. 22:1554(A) for failure to comply with this regulation.

A. This regulation shall become effective upon final publication in the Louisiana Register.

A. The provisions of this Subpart are severable. If any provision or item of this Subpart, or application thereof, is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions, items, or applications of this Subpart, which are to be given effect without the invalid provisio…

A. The purpose of Regulation 118 is: 1. to establish requirements and set forth the procedure for the commissioner to implement rules and regulations on the business of insurance in the event of a declared emergency or public health emergency pursuant to the authority granted in …

A. Regulation 118 shall apply to any and all insurers, health maintenance organizations, producers, all other entities regulated by the Louisiana Department of Insurance, health care providers, and individuals and to any and all kinds of insurance.

A. As used in this Regulation 118, the following terms shall have the meanings specified. Commissioner—the Commissioner of the Louisiana Department of Insurance. Declaration of Emergency—an executive order or proclamation by the governor declaring a disaster or state of emergency…

A. In the event of a declared emergency, the commissioner may issue an Emergency Rule to govern the business of insurance. Such Emergency Rule shall include, but not be limited to, the following: 1. provide for the implementation of the standing rule, including specification of a…

A. The effect of the commissioner’s issuance of an Emergency Rule providing for the implementation of the standing rule shall be to incorporate by reference each element of the standing rule except for those sections expressly specified to not be implemented during the declared e…

A. Sections 17913 through 17961 of this Chapter comprise the standing rule and shall have no effect except as specified in any Emergency Rule promulgated pursuant to

A. The benefits, entitlements and protections of the Emergency Rule shall be applicable to insureds, policyholders, members, subscribers, enrollees and certificate holders (hereinafter “insureds”) who, as of 12:01 a.m. on the effective date of the Emergency Rule, have an insuranc…

F. Nothing in §17915 shall be interpreted to apply the provisions of the Emergency Rule to policies of insurance issued for the benefit of insureds not subject to the benefits, entitlements, and protections enumerated in §17913.

A. The Emergency Rule hereby suspends any notice of cancellation, notice of nonrenewal, nonreinstatement or any other notice related to any of the types of insurance enumerated in §17915 that was in force and effect at 12:01 a.m. on the effective date of the Emergency Rule, and a…

A. The renewal conditions of all kinds of insurance enumerated in §17915 that are subject to renewal after the effective date of the Emergency Rule are suspended and shall be deferred until the expiration of the Emergency Rule as provided for in

A. Except as provided for in §17949 herein, a cancellation shall not occur prior to the expiration of the Emergency Rule unless upon the documented written request or written consent of the insured. This written consent may be in electronic format.

A. The Emergency Rule shall not apply to any new insurance policy for any of the kinds of insurance enumerated in §17915 if said insurance policy is issued on or after the effective date of the Emergency Rule.

A. All claims notification procedures, including, but not limited to, R.S. 22:975(A)(3)-(5), Regulation 33, and Regulation 74, are suspended.

A. All insurers subject to the Emergency Rule receiving a claim from an insured owing a premium may offset the premium owed by the insured against any claim payment made to the insured under the insurance policy. §17927 shall not apply to health insurance issuers as defined in §1…

A. Unless otherwise cancelled in accordance with the provisions of §17921 herein, nothing in the Emergency Rule shall be construed to exempt or excuse an insured from the obligation to pay the premiums otherwise due for actual insurance coverage provided. B. Those insureds entitl…

A. Only to the extent necessary to permit the pending of claims during a premium payment delinquency by the insured, the provisions of R.S. 22:1832-1834 and Regulation 74 related to timely payment of claims are hereby suspended. B. For any policy of insurance described in §17915.…

A. In the event a health insurance issuer pends a claim, as permitted pursuant to §17931, and is subsequently entitled to cancel or terminate a policy for nonpayment of premium, the health insurance issuer shall pay any remaining claims for which payment is required under §17931.…

A. The Emergency Rule shall not relieve an insured who has filed a claim before or during the pendency of the Emergency Rule from compliance with the insured’s obligation to provide information and cooperate in the claim adjustment process relative to the claim.

A. The commissioner hereby suspends physician credentialing pursuant to R.S. 22:1009 such that there are no credentialing requirements with regard to any and all licensed physicians who provide medical services to insureds identified in §17913.A or §17913.B between 12:01 a.m. on …

A. For all health insurance issuers specified in §17913.C, any rate increases that were to take effect after the effective date of the Emergency Rule are suspended and shall be deferred until the expiration of the Emergency Rule as provided for in

A. The commissioner hereby suspends the imposition of any interest, penalty, or other charge and declares that no interest, penalty, or other charge shall accrue or be assessed against any insured as the result of the suspensions ordered in the Emergency Rule.

A. The commissioner hereby suspends R.S. 22:1046. In furtherance thereof, a health insurance issuer who has issued a group health insurance policy shall provide to all members or certificate holders under said group policy the option for the continuation of coverage, which said o…

A. Health insurance issuers shall allow insured individuals to obtain refills of their prescriptions even if the prescription was recently filled, consistent with approval from patients’ health care providers and/or pharmacists. This provision does not apply to prescription drugs…

A. Health insurance issuers shall waive any coverage limitations restricting telemedicine access to providers included within a plan’s telemedicine network. B. Health insurance issuers shall waive any requirement that the patient and provider have a prior relationship in order to…

A. The Emergency Rule shall not prevent an insurer from cancelling or terminating an insurance policy for fraud or material misrepresentation on the part of the insured.

A. Notwithstanding any other provision contained herein, the commissioner may exempt any insurer from compliance with the Emergency Rule upon a written request by the insurer setting forth in detail each and every reason for the exemption and then only if the commissioner determi…

A. The commissioner retains the authority to enforce violations of the Emergency Rule. Accordingly, any insurer enumerated in the Emergency Rule or any other entity doing business in Louisiana and/or regulated by the commissioner who violates any provision of the Emergency Rule s…