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Proclamation 32 JBE 2020

Additional Measures for COVID-19 - Public Health Emergency (school testing and attendance suspensions; Public Bid Law; telehealth; postsecondary online instruction; driving schools)

Governor John Bel Edwards · Louisiana (State)

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The record

Jurisdiction
Louisiana
Level
State
Authority
La. R.S. 29:721 et seq.; La. R.S. 29:766
Issued
2020-03-19 Mar. 19, 2020
Effective
2020-03-19
End
2020-04-13 (state of emergency term; school-year suspensions for the entire 2019-2020 year) (read as 2020-04-13)
In force
Mar. 19, 2020 to Apr. 13, 2020
Quarters
2020 Q2
Limitation types
Business closureSchools and child careHealth care ordersOther
Addressees
  • BESE and public and nonpublic schools
  • health care licensing boards and providers
  • public postsecondary and proprietary schools
  • driving schools
  • State agencies (Public Bid Law)
Functions reached
  • IN in-person instruction (postsecondary to online)
  • TM telehealth (rule suspension)
  • SC Public Bid Law deadlines and capital outlay inspections suspended
  • CL driving schools closed
Collection
Louisiana LA

Operative words

all Public Post-secondary institutions and proprietary schools within the state of Louisiana that are licensed by the Louisiana Board of Regents shall be allowed to substitute in-person clinical and classroom instruction with online and lab simulations for enrolled students for the duration of the declared emergency.... All driving schools in the State of Louisiana shall close for in class instruction until April 13, 2020.... The provisions of La. R.S. 17:221 that mandate every person having control or charge of a child to send that child to a public or nonpublic school are hereby suspended for the entirety of the 2019-2020 school year.

Enforcement

La. R.S. 29:724(E)

Notes

Section 3 suspends La. R.S. 40:1223.4 telehealth rulemaking requirements and directs boards to permit telehealth; Section 7 relaxes clinical laboratory personnel licensing for COVID-19 testing; Section 5 relaxes ambulance staffing.

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