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§2006.2. Expedited licensing process; fees
A. The Louisiana Department of Health, referred to hereafter in this Section as the
"department", is hereby authorized to establish an expedited licensing process for healthcare
facilities and providers that the department licenses.
B. The department shall promulgate, in accordance with the Administrative
Procedure Act, any such rules as are necessary to provide for the expedited licensing process
authorized by this Section.
C. The fees for the expedited licensing process shall be assessed in an amount not
to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars and shall be payable to the department at the
time an expedited licensing application is submitted to the department by a healthcare facility
or provider.
D.
(1)After the department receives and appr
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§2006.2. Expedited licensing process; fees
A. The Louisiana Department of Health, referred to hereafter in this Section as the
"department", is hereby authorized to establish an expedited licensing process for healthcare
facilities and providers that the department licenses.
B. The department shall promulgate, in accordance with the Administrative
Procedure Act, any such rules as are necessary to provide for the expedited licensing process
authorized by this Section.
C. The fees for the expedited licensing process shall be assessed in an amount not
to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars and shall be payable to the department at the
time an expedited licensing application is submitted to the department by a healthcare facility
or provider.
D.(1) After the department receives and approves the completed expedited licensing
application packet, the department shall notify the applicant to provide a readiness date for
the expedited survey. The department shall conduct the expedited licensing survey within
ten working days of the readiness date indicated by the facility or provider and in accordance
with applicable rules of the department.
(2) The department shall refund the expedited licensing fee if the expedited licensing
survey is not conducted within the time period specified in this Section, unless such failure
to conduct the survey is due to the unavailability of the facility or provider.
(3) The department shall not utilize existing employees who conduct regular
licensing surveys to conduct any expedited licensing survey.
E. The department shall ensure that no facility or provider seeking approval to apply
for licensure pursuant to a pre-licensing facility need review process provided for in this
Chapter is affected by another provider of the same license type choosing the expedited
licensing process instead of the regular licensing process.