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Regular Session, 2010
HOUSE BILL NO. 610
BY REPRESENTATIVE KATZ
PUBLIC RECORDS: Extends public records exemption to all practitioners licensed by the
La. State Board of Medical Examiners
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact R.S. 44:4(7), relative to the Louisiana State Board of Medical2
Examiners; to provide for an exemption from public records requirements for those3
health professions regulated by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners; to4
provide that public records law does not apply to certain documents concerning the5
fitness of health professionals to hold licenses, permits, certificates, or registration;6
and to provide for related matters.7
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:8
Section 1. R.S. 44:4(7) is hereby amended and reenacted to read as follows: 9
ยง4. Applicability10
This Chapter shall not apply:11
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(7) To any records, writings, accounts, letters, letter books, data, e-mails,13
photographs, or copies or memoranda thereof, and any report or reports concerning14
the fitness of any person to receive, or continue to hold, a license, permit, certificate,15
or registration to practice medicine or midwifery any other health care profession16
regulated by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, in the custody or17
control of the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.18
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DIGEST
The digest printed below was prepared by House Legislative Services. It constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument. The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute
part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent. [R.S. 1:13(B) and 24:177(E)]
Katz HB No. 610
Abstract: Expands the public records exemption to apply to data and emails and to cover
all health care professions that are regulated by the La. State Board of Medical
Examiners.
Present law provides that public records law does not apply to any records, writings,
accounts, letters, letter books, photographs, copies, memoranda, and any report or reports
concerning the fitness of any person to receive, or continue to hold, a license to practice
medicine or midwifery in the custody or control of the La. State Board of Medical
Examiners.
Proposed law retains present law and adds email and data to the type of documents that are
not public records for these purposes. Proposed law also adds that this public records
exemption extends to any health profession that is regulated by the La. State Board of
Medical Examiners.
(Amends R.S. 44:4(7))