Louisiana § RS 40:2120.21 - Investigations; inspections; orders; civil penalties
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§ RS 40:2120.21. Investigations; inspections; orders; civil penalties
A. The department may at any time, upon receiving a complaint from any interested person regarding allegations that a nurse staffing agency is operating without a valid license issued by the department, investigate any entity, person, or persons.
B. The department may examine the premises of any nurse staffing agency and may examine and inspect books, payrolls, records, papers, documents, and other evidence in any survey or investigation. The nurse staffing agency shall cooperate in any survey or investigation conducted by the department. Failure to cooperate or produce any documentation for inspection or survey may result in action up to and including license revocation.
C. The department shall assess a nurse staffing agency a survey or investigation fee, not to exceed one thousand dollars, for any complaint survey or investigation conducted by the department at which deficiencies are substantiated. This survey or inspection fee shall be imposed by the department only after the nurse staffing agency has completed the administrative process which has upheld the deficiencies or the time for filing any administrative appeal has expired. The survey or investigation fee shall not exceed the cost of performing the survey. This fee shall be in addition to any other sanctions.
Acts 2022, No. 577, §1.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 40:2120.21 ("Investigations; inspections; orders; civil penalties") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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