The purpose of this Part is to authorize the Louisiana Department of Health to promulgate and publish rules and regulations for the licensing of free-standing birth centers; to provide for the health, safety, welfare, and well-being of persons receiving services at free-standing birth centers; and to provide for the safe operation and maintenance of free-standing birth centers.

            Acts 2019, No. 332, §1, eff. June 11, 2019.