Disclaimer

The Louisiana Department of Health website is designed to be accessible to all users, compliant with the Section 508 standards, and compatible with most screen readers, web browsers and other assistive technologies. If you encounter issues navigating this site, try our Quick Links Page or submit a question/comment using our Feedback Form.

In order to protect your privacy, we encourage you NOT to share your personal health information online. LDH supports public access to the information provided on this website. To the best of our knowledge, all the information provided was accurate when it was initially published to this site. LDH shall not be held liable for improper or incorrect use of the data described and/or contained herein.

Notice of Non-Discrimination

The Louisiana Department of Health complies with applicable federal civil rights laws and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, or religion. The Louisiana Department of Health does not exclude people or treat them differently because of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, or religion.

The Louisiana Department of Health will provide:

• Free aids and services to people with disabilities to communicate effectively with us, such as qualified sign language interpreters and written information in other formats (large print, audio, accessible electronic formats, other formats)
• Free language services to people whose primary language is not English, such as qualified interpreters and information written in other languages

If you need these services, ask for assistance by contacting the Bureau of Legal Services at 225-342-1128. If you believe that the Louisiana Department of Health has failed to provide these services or discriminated in another way on the basis of race, color, national origin, age, disability, sex, or religion, you can file a grievance with Christie Crooks, Compliance Investigator, by emailing LDHReportFraud@la.gov.

You can also file a civil rights complaint with the US Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights, electronically through the Office for Civil Rights Complaint Portal or by contacting them at:

US Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue, SW Room 509F, HHH Building
Washington, D.C. 20201
1-800-368-1019, 800-537-7697 (TDD)

Complaint forms are available from the Civil Rights Complain Forms page.

Notice of non-discrimination | Rev. July 14, 2021