La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § XI-101

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

Section XI-101 - Establishment of State Operated General Hospitals

A. Act 18 of 1948 amended Act 69 of 1930 to authorize the establishment of the E.A. Conway Memorial Hospital in the City of Monroe, Parish of Ouachita, to be maintained at the expense of the state for the reception and medical and surgical treatment of the indigent and destitute sick and wounded persons.

B. Act No. 137 of 1874 authorized the establishment of the Charity Hospital of the City of Baton Rouge, later named Earl K. Long Memorial Hospital, and provided that all destitute sick persons should be admitted and receive such aid and medical attention as their condition may require.

C. Act 160 of 1938 provided that a charity hospital under construction at Pineville, Louisiana by the State Hospital Board be known and designated as the Huey P. Long Hospital.

D. Lallie Kemp Charity Hospital was opened in 1938 under the authority of the State Hospital Board to provide general medical care to the indigent in the Florida Parishes of Southeast Louisiana.

E. Act 38 of 1973 authorized the establishment of South Louisiana Medical Center to be used for public health work within the state for the reception and medical and surgical treatment of indigent sick and wounded persons.

F. University Medical Center was opened as the Lafayette Charity Hospital in 1937 under the authority of the State Hospital Board as a general hospital to serve the indigent population.

G. Act 219 of 1956 authorized the creation and establishment of the Lake Charles Charity Hospital, later renamed the Dr. Walter Olin Moss Regional Hospital, to be used for public health work within the state for the reception and medical and surgical treatment of indigent, sick, and wounded persons.

H. Act 210 of 1948 authorized the operation of Washington-St. Tammany Charity Hospital as a hospital not to exceed 50 beds and with adequate physical facilities for an outpatient service to care for the requirements of the area served.

I. Establishment of Charity Hospital at New Orleans Hospital. Act 155 of 1855 created Charity Hospital at New Orleans and provided a revenue for its support. Any bona fide resident of the state of Louisiana shall be eligible to be admitted for any form of treatment by any general hospital owned and operated by the state of Louisiana. Those persons who are determined not to be medically indigent or medically needy shall be admitted only on a space available basis and shall be reasonably charged for any treatment or services received. However, in no event shall emergency treatment be denied to anyone; and in no event shall any person housed in any parish jail facility or state prison in the state of Louisiana, irrespective of his state of residency, be denied any form of medical treatment in the nearest general hospital owned and operated by the state of Louisiana.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § XI-101

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

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 36:259 and R.S. 36:851, 46:6.