§1193.2. Definitions

            As used in this Part, the following terms have the meaning ascribed in this Section:

            (1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.

            (2) "Legal representative" means a legal guardian or a legally appointed substitute decision-maker who is authorized to act on behalf of a nursing home resident.

            (3)(a) "Monitoring device" means a surveillance instrument that transmits and records activity and is not connected to the facility's computer network.

            (b) The term "monitoring device" shall not include a camera that records still images exclusively.

            (4) "Nursing home" means a nursing facility or nursing home as defined in R.S. 40:2009.2.

            (5) "Ombudsman" means the administrator of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman established within the office of elderly affairs by the provisions of R.S. 40:2010.2.

            (6) "Resident" means a person who is a resident of a nursing home.

            Acts 2018, No. 596, §1.