PART II. CHROMOSOME DELETION DISORDERS
§1073.1. Definitions
In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions are
applicable:
(1) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health.
(2) "Early intervention services" means services that are designed to meet the
developmental needs of an infant or toddler with a disability, in any one or more of the
following areas:
(a) Physical development.
(b) Cognitive development.
(c) Communication development.
(d) Social or emotional development.
(e) Adaptive development.
(3) "Early intervention services provider" means any provider of early intervention
services to infants and toddlers with disabilities and their families. "Early intervention
services provider" includes but is not limited to the following:
(a) Special educators.
(b) Speech-language pathologists and audiologists.
(c) Occupational therapists.
(d) Physical therapists.
(e) Psychologists.
(f) Social workers.
(g) Nurses.
(h) Registered dieticians.
(i) Family therapists.
(j) Vision specialists, including ophthalmologists and optometrists.
(k) Orientation and mobility specialists.
(l) Pediatricians and other physicians.
Acts 2014, No. 72, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1300.381 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.