Notification of Pesticide Poisoning

A. Each physician who treats a health complaint that is diagnosed as caused by pesticide poisoning shall provide notice of the poisoning to the director of the division via the 24-hour telephone hotline, (225) 925-3763, within 24 hours of the diagnosis and in writing posted within three days of the diagnosis. Each report shall contain the following: 1. the name, address, and telephone number of the treating physician; 2. the name, address, and telephone number of each patient treated; 3. date of treatment; and 4. the location of the facility where the reporting physician provided treatment. AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 3:3203 and 3:3208. HISTORICAL NOTE: Promulgated by the Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Programs, LR 20:642 (June 1994), amended by Department of Agriculture and Forestry, Office of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Advisory Commission on Pesticides, LR 37:3489 (December 2011).