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  "urn": "urn:us-la:rs:46:1974",
  "title_number": "46",
  "section_number": "1974",
  "citation": "R.S. 46:1974",
  "heading": "Requirements for documentation produced by healthcare providers; prohibitions",
  "text": "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\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\n(2) Is qualified and licensed to evaluate and diagnose disabilities and has performed a disability assessment of an individual.\n\n(3) Includes in the documentation relating to an individual's need for a support animal all of the following:\n\n(a) The effective date of the documentation.\n\n(b) The license number of the healthcare provider.\n\n(c) The type of professional license held by the healthcare provider.\n\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\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\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.\n\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.\n\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.",
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      "level": "title",
      "number": "46",
      "name": "PUBLIC WELFARE AND ASSISTANCE"
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      "number": "24",
      "name": "SUPPORT AND SERVICE ANIMAL INTEGRITY ACT"
    }
  ],
  "breadcrumb": "Title 46 › Chapter 24",
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      "act_year": 2024,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Acts 2024, No. 558, §1.",
  "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=100513",
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