§ 40:1085.5 — Duties of the Louisiana Department of Health

Louisiana § 40:1085.5

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§1085.5. Duties of the Louisiana Department of Health
The department shall:
(1) Enforce the provisions of this Subpart.
(2) Promulgate such rules and regulations as are necessary for purposes of this
Subpart and as it thinks necessary for the further and proper guidance of local health officers.
(3) Provide for the gratuitous distribution of a scientific prophylactic for ophthalmia
neonatorum, together with proper directions for the use and administration thereof, to all
physicians, midwives, and the like engaged in the practice of obstetrics or assisting at
childbirth.
(4) Print and publish any further advice and information concerning the danger of
ophthalmia neonatorum and the necessity for prompt and effective treatment thereof as it
thinks proper.
(5) Furnish copies of the provisions of this Subpart to all physicians, midwives, and
the like engaged in the practice of obstetrics or assisting at childbirth.
(6) Keep a proper record of all cases of ophthalmia neonatorum filed in its office in
pursuance of this Subpart or which come to its attention in any way. It shall make these
records a part of its annual report to the governor and the legislature.
(7) Report all violations of this Subpart which come to its attention to the proper
district attorney and assist him in any way possible in connection therewith.

Legislative History

Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1105 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.