Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2109.2 – Hospitals; passenger elevators equipped with telephone or intercom
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2109.2
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2102
- Hospital: means any institution, place, building, or agency, public or private, whether for profit or not, with facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons who are suffering from illness, injury, infirmity, or deformity or other physical condition for which obstetrical, medical, or surgical services would be available and appropriate and which operates or is affiliated with facilities for the overnight care, observation, or recovery of those persons. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2102
Commencing January 1, 1981, each hospital in this state which is licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health and which maintains and operates one or more passenger elevators in such hospital shall equip each passenger elevator with a telephone or an intercom system. The Louisiana Department of Health may adopt necessary rules, regulations, and minimum standards for the purposes of this Section. The license of any such hospital may be suspended upon failure of the hospital to comply with the provisions of this Section.
Added by Acts 1980, No. 378, §1.