Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1414.1

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Child: means a person who has not reached age eighteen or otherwise been legally emancipated. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1403
  • Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1403
  • Specialized provider: means a child-placing agency, maternity home, or residential home. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 46:1403

            A. Any owner, operator, current or prospective employee, or volunteer of a specialized provider requesting licensure or licensed by the Department of Children and Family Services is prohibited from being employed by the specialized provider if that individual’s name is recorded on the state central registry as a perpetrator for a justified finding of abuse or neglect of a child.

            B. If the individual’s name is or was entered on the state central registry, that individual may make a formal written request to the division of administrative law for an administrative appeal of the justified determination, in accordance with Children’s Code Article 616.1.1 and the procedures promulgated by the department.

            C. The department shall promulgate, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, all rules and regulations necessary to implement the provisions of this Section.

            D., E. Repealed by Acts 2017, No. 348, §5, special eff. date.

            Acts 2009, No. 388, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2010; Acts 2014, No. 868, §5, eff. Oct. 1, 2014; Acts 2016, No. 502, §1; Acts 2017, No. 348, §§3, 5, special eff. date.