SLS 16RS-384 ORIGINAL
2016 Regular Session
SENATE BILL NO. 300
BY SENATOR CLAITOR
HEALTH SERVICES. Provides for staffing standards at ambulatory surgical centers.
(8/1/16)
1 AN ACT
2 To enact R.S. 40:2136(D), relative to staffing standards at ambulatory surgical centers; to
3 provide for regulation restrictions; to provide for staffing patterns; to provide for an
4 effective date; and to provide for related matters.
5 Be it enacted by the Legislature of Louisiana:
6 Section 1. R.S. 40:2136(D) is hereby enacted to read as follows:
7 ยง2136. Rules; regulations; minimum standards
8 * * *
9 D. Notwithstanding any provision of this Chapter to the contrary, no
10 rule, regulation, or minimum standard promulgated pursuant to this Section
11 shall require a staffing pattern for nonsurgical endoscopy procedures
12 performed at an ambulatory surgical center to exceed the staffing pattern for
13 such procedures recommended by the American Society for Gastrointestinal
14 Endoscopy.
15 Section 2. This Act shall become effective on August 1, 2016; if vetoed by the
16 governor and subsequently approved by the legislature, this Act shall become effective on
17 August 1, 2016, or on the day following such approval by the legislature, whichever is later.
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions. SB NO. 300
SLS 16RS-384 ORIGINAL
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Christine Arbo Peck.
DIGEST
SB 300 Original 2016 Regular Session Claitor
Proposed law sets a standard for staffing nonsurgical endoscopy procedures at ambulatory
surgical centers based on the pattern recommended by the American Society of
Gastrointestinal Endoscopy.
Effective August 1, 2016.
(Adds R.S. 40:2136(D))
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Coding: Words which are struck through are deletions from existing law;
words in boldface type and underscored are additions.