§2199.12. Definitions

            As used in this Subpart, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section:

            (1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health and any healthcare professional licensing board transferred to and placed within the department pursuant to R.S. 36:259(A).

            (2) "Licensing board" means any board or commission that has the duty to license a regulated entity as defined in this Section.

            (3) "Regulated entity" means any healthcare entity such as a licensed healthcare facility listed in R.S. 40:2006(A)(2), a federally qualified health center as defined in R.S. 40:1183.3, a pharmacy permitted in accordance with Part IV of Chapter 14 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, and any office of a healthcare provider that treats patients and such office is not otherwise licensed by the state but provides healthcare services delivered by a licensee of a healthcare professional licensing board created in Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950. A healthcare entity shall not be considered a regulated entity if it employs five or fewer licensed medical providers, such as a physician, pharmacist, advanced practice registered nurse, physician assistant, or dentist.

            (4) "Workplace violence" means violent acts, including battery or the intentional placing of another person in reasonable apprehension of sustaining battery, directed toward persons at work or on duty with their employment.

            Acts 2022, No. 461, §§1, 2B; Acts 2024, No. 624, §1.