๐Ÿฅ Long-Term Care / Assisted Living / Group Home ยท Louisiana

Louisiana: medical director for a long-term care / assisted living / group home

Whether Louisiana requires a physician medical director for a long-term care / assisted living / group home, the qualifications, duties and the rule it comes from.

Medical directorNot required
Research date2026-09-03

Notes

Notable absence, not an oversight: Louisiana's nursing-facility licensing regulation (LAC 48:I, Ch. 97, Subchapter B โ€” Delivery of Services, Administration, and Personnel sections) imposes no facility-level 'medical director' designation, and the Adult Residential Care Provider chapter (LAC 48:I, Ch. 68) likewise has no section naming a physician/medical-director oversight role. A federal medical-director requirement (42 CFR ยง 483.75(i)) still applies separately to any Louisiana nursing facility that is Medicare/Medicaid certified โ€” this entry addresses only Louisiana's own state licensure text.

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Every agreement Louisiana names ยท Long-Term Care / Assisted Living / Group Home in other states