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Regular Session, 2014 ENROLLED
SENATE BILL NO. 258
BY SENATOR JOHNS
AN ACT1
To amend and reenact the introductory paragraph of R.S. 40:4(A)(2), relative to the Sanitary2
Code; to provide relative to the rules and regulations of the Sanitary Code; to provide3
for the reporting of cases of communicable diseases and conditions; and to provide4
for 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, including but not limited to the20
reporting of cases of Respiratory Syncytial Virus (RSV) when such a test is21
conducted by a laboratory or hospital, investigation, and application and22
implementation of appropriate control measures to expressly include isolation and/or23
and quarantine proceedings and measures, for all communicable diseases of public24
health significance. However, no rule or regulation of the Sanitary Code shall impose25 SB NO. 258 ENROLLED
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or create any general duty to warn third parties upon any healthcare provider who has1
complied with the applicable reporting requirements for communicable diseases as2
set forth in the Sanitary Code. These rules and regulations shall also be designed to:3
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PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE
SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
APPROVED: