LAC 50:I.915. Provider Information Dissemination

A. A health care provider shall distribute information concerning advance directives to each person at the time of admission into a facility or upon initiation of services, as follows. 1. A hospital and a nursing facility shall provide the written information at the time the patient/resident is admitted. 2. A hospice program shall provide the written information at the time care commences. 3. A home health agency shall provide the written information before the commencement of home care services. 4. A health maintenance organization or health insuring organization shall provide the written information at the time of enrollment. B. A health care provider shall have a written policy concerning advance directives which shall be available for inspection. C. If a health care provider declines to comply with an advance directive or parts thereof, this information shall be included in the written information disseminated by the health care provider under Subsections A and B above. In addition, the health care provider must assist a person whose advance directive would not be honored by that provider to locate another provider who will honor the advance directive. Such assistance may consist of transferring the person to another facility or referring the person to a new provider within the facility who will honor the advance directive.