Louisiana § RS 40:2010.1 - Definitions
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§ RS 40:2010.1. Definitions
For the purpose of R.S. 40:2010.1 through R.S. 40:2010.5 unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Agency" means any department, division, office, bureau, board, commission, authority, or any other agency or instrumentality created by the state, or to which the state is a party, or by any parish or municipality, which is responsible for the regulation, visitation, inspection, or supervision of facilities, or which provides services to patients, residents, or clients of facilities.
(2) "Facility" means any nursing home or board and care home licensed by the state or required to be licensed by the state under the terms of R.S. 40:2009.1 through R.S. 40:2009.12, and R.S. 40:2151-2163.
(3) "Office" means the office of the state long term care ombudsman in the office of elderly affairs in the office of the governor.
(4) "Ombudsman" means the administrator of the office of the state ombudsman created pursuant to R.S. 40:2010.1 through R.S. 40:2010.5 in the office of elderly affairs.
(5) "Representative" means any person who meets the qualifications and completes the training required by the office of the state long term care ombudsman, as specified by administrative rule, and who is currently in good standing with the office of the state long term care ombudsman as a local ombudsman.
(6) "Resident" means, any person who is a resident or client of a facility.
Added by Acts 1982, No. 515, §1. Acts 1988, No. 1003, §1.
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