LAC 48:I.4107
LAC 48:I.4107. Expedited Licensing Survey Types and Tiers
Cite as La. Admin. Code tit. 48, pt. I, § 4107
A. The fees associated with the expedited licensing process shall be assessed according to the following tiers.
1. Tier 1. Expedited licensing fee is set at $7,000.
2. Tier 2. Expedited licensing fee is set at $6,000.
3. Tier 3. Expedited licensing fee is set at $5,000.
B. Tier 1 expedited licensing processes include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. initial licensing of a hospital or off-site location of a hospital;
2. licensing of a replacement facility or location (or relocation) of the main campus of a hospital;
3. licensing of a replacement facility or location (or relocation) of an off-site campus of a hospital that has any of the following:
a. licensed beds;
b. surgical services; or
c. an emergency department; and
4. initial licensing of the following:
a. an ambulatory surgical center (ASC);
b. an end stage renal disease (ESRD) facility;
c. a rural health clinic (RHC);
d. a nursing facility (NF); or
e. a home and community-based services (HCBS) provider or an off-site or satellite location of the provider.
C. Tier 2 expedited licensing processes include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. initial licensing of the following:
a. an adult residential care provider (ARCP) level 1, 2, 3 or 4;
b. a crisis receiving center (CRC);
c. an intermediate care facility for people with developmental disabilities (ICF/DD);
d. a pediatric day health care (PDHC) facility;
e. a home health agency (HHA) or an off-site or satellite location of a HHA;
f. a hospice agency, an off-site or satellite location of a hospice agency or an inpatient hospice facility;
g. a psychiatric residential treatment facility (PRTF);
h. a therapeutic group home (TGH);
i. a behavioral health services provider (BHSP);
j. an adult day health care (ADHC) facility;
k. a forensic supervised transitional residential and aftercare (FSTRA) facility;
l. a pain management clinic (PMC);
m. an adult brain injury (ABI) facility;
n. an emergency medical transportation services (EMTS) provider; or
o. any other provider or facility licensed by LDH;
2. licensing of a replacement facility or location (or relocation) of the following:
a. an ASC;
b. an ESRD facility;
c. an RHC;
d. a CRC;
e. a NF; or
f. an HCBS provider or an off-site or satellite location of the provider; and
3. licensing of additional units, services or beds, or other action at an existing licensed hospital, ASC, ESRD facility or NF that requires a physical environment survey.
D. Tier 3 expedited licensing processes include, but are not limited to, the following:
1. licensing of a replacement facility (or relocation) for the following:
a. an ICF/DD;
b. a PDHC;
c. an ADHC facility;
d. an ARCP level 1, 2, 3 or 4;
e. an HHA or an off-site or satellite location of a HHA;
f. a hospice agency or an off-site or satellite location of hospice agency or an inpatient hospice facility;
g. a PRTF;
h. a TGH;
i. a BHSP;
j. a FSTRA facility;
k. a PMC;
l. an ABI facility; or
m. any other provider or facility licensed by LDH; and
2. licensing additional units, services, beds, or other action an existing licensed ICF/DD, PDHC, HCBS provider, ADHC center, ARCP (levels 1, 2, 3 and 4), PRTF, TGH, BHSP, CRC, FSTRA facility, ABI facility, or other provider or facility licensed by the department that requires a physical environment survey, or a fleet addition for an EMTS provider.