LAC 43:I.127. Judicial Review of Validity or Applicability of Rules

A. The validity or applicability of a rule or regulation may be determined in an action for declaratory judgment in the Civil District Court for the Parish of East Baton Rouge, in which the secretary is made a party to the action. An action for a declaratory judgment under this Section may be brought only after the plaintiff has requested the secretary to pass upon the validity or applicability of the rule or regulation in question, and only upon a showing that review of the validity and applicability of the rule or regulation in connection with a review of a final agency decision in a contested-adjudication case would not provide an adequate remedy and would inflict irreparable injury.