La. Admin. Code tit. 46 § XLV-6711

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024

Section XLV-6711 - Self-Reporting

A. Applicability. Any practitioner who in the course of practice may at any time undertake to perform or participate in an exposure-prone procedure and who is or becomes HBsAg seropositive or HIV seropositive shall give notice of such seropositivity to the board in accordance with the provisions of this Section.

B. Procedure. On or before the applicable initial request deadline specified by §6711 C, a practitioner required by §6711. A to report his or her HBsAg or HIV seropositivity to the board shall request a self-reporting form from the board's physician medical consultant, by mail directed to the confidential attention of the medical consultant or by personal telephone communication with the medical consultant at the board's offices. In making such request, a requesting practitioner shall advise the medical consultant of the address to which the self-reporting form should be mailed or delivered. Upon receipt of any such request, the medical consultant will promptly mail or deliver a board-approved self-reporting form to the requesting practitioner, accompanied by an addressed, postage-prepaid envelope directed to the confidential attention of the medical consultant. Within 10 days of receipt of such form the requesting practitioner shall complete, subscribe, and cause such self-reporting form to be delivered or mailed to the medical consultant.

C. Initial Request Deadlines. The initial request deadline for a practitioner:

1. who is HBsAg or HIV seropositive on or prior to the effective date of this Chapter, or who becomes HBsAg or HIV seropositive within 60 days from the effective date of this Chapter, shall be 90 days from the effective date of this Chapter;

2. who becomes HBsAg or HIV seropositive more than 60 days from the effective date of this Chapter shall be 30 days from the date on which the practitioner becomes seropositive; and

3. who is HBsAg or HIV seropositive on the date on which any license, permit, or certification is issued by the board to the practitioner shall be 10 days from such date.

La. Admin. Code tit. 46, § XLV-6711

Promulgated by the Department of Health and Hospitals, Board of Medical Examiners, LR 18:1125 (October 1992).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 37:1746-1747 and 37:1270(B)(6).