{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-40-2009.6","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 40:2009.6","heading":"Denial, revocation, or nonrenewal of license; grounds","body":"A. An application for a license may be denied for any of the following reasons:\n(1) Failure to meet any of the minimum standards prescribed by the department under R.S. 40:2009.4(A).\n(2) Conviction of a felony, as shown by a certified copy of the record of the court of conviction of the applicant; or, if the applicant is a firm or corporation, conviction of any of its members or officers of a felony; or conviction of the person designated to manage or supervise the home of a felony.\n(3) If the supervisor of the home is not reputable.\n(4) If the staff or a member of the staff is temperamentally or otherwise unsuited for the care of the patients in the home.\nB. A license may be revoked, or a renewal thereof denied for any of the following reasons:\n(1) Cruelty or indifference to the welfare of the residents.\n(2) Misappropriation or conversion of the property of the residents.\n(3) Violation of any provision of R.S. 40:2009.1 through 2009.11 or of minimum standards, rules and regulations, or orders of the department promulgated thereunder.\n(4) Any ground upon which an application for a license may be denied as prescribed in Subsection A of this Section.\n(5)(a) When a nursing facility has failed to timely report or pay a fee or has been delinquent in payment of any fee owed to the department, including specifically provider fees imposed pursuant to R.S. 46:2625, on more than three occasions. Revocation shall be stayed during the pendency of any agency administrative appeal filed by a health care provider who contests or disputes the delinquency fee or fine.\n(b) For purposes of this Paragraph, a nursing facility shall be considered to be delinquent on the tenth day following the date on which the report or fee is due.","path":["TITLE 40. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=97948","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:01:16Z","sha256":"d21fe111bf04a6b1f098434d3f2c99be2d2a4a325875366595cd2be2d4ebc2df","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-40-2009.5","next":"us-la/rs-40-2009.7"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}