Louisiana
Any entity providing residential care for compensation to two or more unrelated adults (lodging, meals, personal care, medication help and similar services) must be licensed by LDH as an adult residential care provider. There are four levels: Level 1 serves 2-8 residents in a home-like single-family setting; Level 2 serves 9-16 in a congregate setting; Levels 3 and 4 serve 17+ in apartments, with Level 4 adding intermittent nursing. The chapter was repromulgated in April 2024 (LR 50:522).
License categories
Adult residential care provider (ARCP) Levels 1-4
Key laws
La. R.S. 40:2166.1 et seq.
Adult residential care provider licensing (authority cited by LDH as R.S. 40:2166.3)
LAC 48:I, Chapter 68
Adult Residential Care Providers - Licensing Standards — official text
Key requirements
- License required to serve 2+ unrelated adults for compensation
- At least one employee must be awake and on duty at the business location 24 hours a day, 7 days a week
- Unlicensed staff may assist with self-administration of medication only after documented training, repeated annually; actual administration requires licensed staff or medication attendants certified (MACs)
- Level 1 (2-8 residents) must be in a setting designed similarly to a single-family dwelling