{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-46-1974","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 46:1974","heading":"Requirements for documentation produced by healthcare providers; prohibitions","body":"A. No healthcare provider shall produce documentation relating to an individual's need for a support animal unless the healthcare provider complies with all of the following:\n(1) Possesses an active and valid Louisiana license or an active license within a healthcare profession that has a licensure compact to perform the healthcare services being offered to an individual.\n(2) Is qualified and licensed to evaluate and diagnose disabilities and has performed a disability assessment of an individual.\n(3) Includes in the documentation relating to an individual's need for a support animal all of the following:\n(a) The effective date of the documentation.\n(b) The license number of the healthcare provider.\n(c) The type of professional license held by the healthcare provider.\n(4) Establishes a therapeutic relationship with an individual no less than thirty days prior to producing the documentation regarding the individual's need for a support animal.\n(5) Has engaged with an individual in person or remotely in at least two sessions before issuing documentation determining that the individual requires a support animal.\n(6) Performs a clinical evaluation of an individual no less than thirty days before producing documentation regarding the individual's need for a support animal.\nB. No healthcare provider shall represent or attempt to represent that an individual has a disability requiring a support animal when an individual is not disabled or does not need a support animal on account of the individual's disability.\nC. No individual shall represent or attempt to represent to a third party that the individual has a disability requiring a support animal when the individual is not disabled or does not require a support animal on account of the individual's disability.","path":["TITLE 46. PUBLIC WELFARE AND ASSISTANCE"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=100513","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:02:13Z","sha256":"4e9184f1f986fe501db691f0f7a0c257339415c891f70957246f8d69961a531f","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-46-1973","next":"us-la/rs-46-1975"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}