La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § V-8707

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section V-8707 - Services

A. OPPHS conducts four basic activities pertaining to the control of venereal disease:

(A) clinic services, which involve testing, diagnosis, and treatment of persons seen in the clinics;

(B) epidemiology, which is the location and early treatment of sexual contacts of persons who have venereal disease;

(C) screening, as a mechanism to discover infections in certain populations; and

(D) education, primarily of patients, as to the nature of their disease. OPPHS administers these services through health units in all 64 parishes.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § V-8707

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Human Resources, Office of Preventive and Public Health Services. LR 13:246 (April 1987).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 40:1061-1068.