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Regular Session, 2012 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 86
BY SENATOR BUFFINGTON
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 40:4(A)(2), relative to the Sanitary2
Code; to provide with respect to the duties of a healthcare provider with regard to3
any general duty to warn concerning communicable diseases; and to provide for4
related matters.5
Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:6
Section 1. The introductory paragraph of R.S. 40:4(A)(2) is hereby amended and7
reenacted to read as follows: 8
ยง4. Sanitary Code9
A. The state health officer acting through the office of public health of the10
Department of Health and Hospitals shall prepare, promulgate, and enforce rules and11
regulations embodied within the state's Sanitary Code covering all matters within his12
jurisdiction as defined and set forth in R.S. 40:5. The promulgation of this Sanitary13
Code shall be accomplished in strict accordance with the provisions of the14
Administrative Procedure Act, and further, in conformity with the following15
guidelines and directives:16
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(2) In order to prevent the occurrence or spread of communicable diseases,18
the rules and regulations of the Sanitary Code shall provide for an immunization19
program and provide for and require the reporting, investigation, and application and20
implementation of appropriate control measures to expressly include isolation and/or21
quarantine proceedings and measures, for all communicable diseases of public health22
significance. However, no rule or regulation of the Sanitary Code shall impose23
or create any general duty to warn third parties upon any healthcare provider24 SB NO. 86 ENROLLED
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who has complied with the applicable reporting requirements for communicable1
diseases as set forth in the Sanitary Code. These rules and regulations shall also2
be designed to:3
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Section 2. This Act shall become effective upon signature by the governor or, if not5
signed by the governor, upon expiration of the time for bills to become law without signature6
by the governor, as provided by Article III, Section 18 of the Constitution of Louisiana. If7
vetoed by the governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become8
effective on the day following such approval.9
PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: