Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 2006.2. Expedited licensing process; fees

A. The Louisiana Department of Health, referred to hereafter in this Section as the “department”, is hereby authorized to establish an expedited licensing process for healthcare facilities and providers that the department licenses.

B. The department shall promulgate, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, any such rules as are necessary to provide for the expedited licensing process authorized by this Section.

C. The fees for the expedited licensing process shall be assessed in an amount not to exceed seven thousand five hundred dollars and shall be payable to the department at the time an expedited licensing application is submitted to the department by a healthcare facility or provider.

E. The department shall ensure that no facility or provider seeking approval to apply for licensure pursuant to a pre-licensing facility need review process provided for in this Chapter is affected by another provider of the same license type choosing the expedited licensing process instead of the regular licensing process.