Louisiana § 40:2102 Definitions

Louisiana Statutes

§ 40:2102 — Definitions

Louisiana § 40:2102

Title 40Public Health and Safety

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La. Stat. Ann. § 40:2102 (2026).

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§2102. Definitions As used in this Part:

(1)"Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.

(2)"Hospital" means any institution, place, building, or agency, public or private, whether for profit or not, with facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons who are suffering from illness, injury, infirmity, or deformity or other physical condition for which obstetrical, medical, or surgical services would be available and appropriate and which operates or is affiliated with facilities for the overnight care, observation, or recovery of those persons. The term "hospital" does not include the following:

(a)Physicians' offices or clinics where patients are not regularly kept as bed patients for twenty-four hours or more.

(b)Nursing homes as defined by and regulated under

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§2102. Definitions
As used in this Part:
(1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.
(2) "Hospital" means any institution, place, building, or agency, public or private,
whether for profit or not, with facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons who
are suffering from illness, injury, infirmity, or deformity or other physical condition for
which obstetrical, medical, or surgical services would be available and appropriate and which
operates or is affiliated with facilities for the overnight care, observation, or recovery of those
persons. The term "hospital" does not include the following:
(a) Physicians' offices or clinics where patients are not regularly kept as bed patients
for twenty-four hours or more.
(b) Nursing homes as defined by and regulated under the provisions of R.S.
40:2009.1 through 2009.12.
(c) Persons, schools, institutions, or organizations engaged in the care and treatment
of children with intellectual disabilities and which are required to be licensed by the
provisions of the Developmental Disability Law (R.S. 28:451.1 et seq.).
(d) Hospitalization or care facilities maintained by the state at any of its penal and
correctional institutions provided that nothing herein contained shall prevent a penal or
correctional institution from applying for licensure of its hospitalization or care facility.
(e) Hospitalization or care facilities maintained by the federal government or
agencies thereof.
(f) Hospitalization or care facilities maintained by any university or college provided
that nothing herein contained shall prevent any college or university from applying for
licensure of its hospitalization or care facility.
(g) Any other entity licensed for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons admitted
for overnight stay.
(3) "Person" means the state, and any political subdivision or municipal corporation
thereof, an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association or joint stock
association, or the legal successor thereof.
(4) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1961, No. 90, §1. Amended by Acts 1966, No. 524, §1; Acts 1977, No. 680, §56; Acts 1992, No. 806, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §22, eff. June 23, 2014; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.