Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 49 > Chapter 20 - Publication of Information Concerning Boards, Commissions, and Like Entities

• Aftercare: means any assistance provided by a caregiver to a patient pursuant to this Part after the patient's discharge from a hospital. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1226.1
• Allocation: means the official determination of the class to which a position in the classified service belongs. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
• Caregiver: means an individual who meets all of the following conditions:

              (a) Is eighteen years of age or older. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1226.1

• Discharge: means a patient's release from hospital care to the patient's residence following an inpatient admission. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1226.1
• Hospital: means a facility licensed under the provisions of Part II of Chapter 11 of this Title. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1226.1
• Patient: means an individual who has been admitted to a hospital for inpatient care and who is eighteen years of age or older. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1226.1
• promotion list: means an employment list, containing the names of eligible persons established from the results of promotion tests given for a particular class of positions; which is not specifically required by this Part to be established from the results of a competitive test. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2533
• Residence: means a dwelling that the patient considers to be his home. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1226.1