Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:786 – Recognition of volunteer health practitioners licensed in other states
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:786
- Emergency declaration: means a declaration of emergency issued by the governor under the authority of La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
- Emergency Management Assistance Compact: means the interstate compact approved by the United States Congress by Public Law No. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
- Health practitioner: means an individual licensed under the laws of this or another state to provide health services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
- Health services: means the provision of treatment, care, advice or guidance, or other services, or supplies, related to the health or death of individuals or human populations, to the extent necessary to respond to a declared emergency, including:
(a) The following, concerning the physical or mental condition or functional status of an individual or affecting the structure or function of the body:
(i) Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic, rehabilitative, maintenance, or palliative care. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
- License: means authorization by a state to engage in health services that are unlawful without the authorization. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
- licensed and in good standing: means a current, unrestricted license or other authority issued by the professional licensing authority of another state to provide the health services sought or to be rendered in this state during a declared emergency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
- State: means a state of the United States, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin Islands, or any territory or insular possession subject to the jurisdiction of the United States. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
- Volunteer health practitioner: means a health practitioner who provides health services in this state for a host entity, whether or not the practitioner receives compensation for those services so long as the person who receives the health services does not pay and is not asked to pay directly or indirectly for the health services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 29:782
A. While an emergency declaration is in effect, a volunteer health practitioner, registered with a registration system that complies with La. Rev. Stat. 29:785 and licensed and in good standing in the state upon which the practitioner’s registration is based, may practice in this state to the extent authorized by this Chapter as if the practitioner were licensed in this state.
B. A volunteer health practitioner qualified under Subsection A of this Section is not entitled to the protections of this Chapter and shall not be authorized to practice in this state if any license of the practitioner is suspended, revoked, or subject to an agency order limiting or restricting practice privileges, or has been voluntarily terminated under threat of sanction.
C. Each health practitioner who provides health services in this state pursuant to authority of the Emergency Management Assistance Compact shall register with a registration system that complies with La. Rev. Stat. 29:785 as a volunteer health practitioner authorized to provide health services in this state pursuant to the Emergency Management Assistance Compact.
Acts 2009, No. 397, §1.