| Advisory opinion request from Timothy Moyer, employed with East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services as a field paramedic, who would like to work part-time at either Acadian Ambulance Services, Inc. or Baton Rouge General Hospital Ambulance Services. East Baton Rouge has a population of 440,171. |
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Timothy Moyer is a field paramedic employed by the East Baton Rouge Parish Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Moyer would like to work part-time as a paramedic for either Acadian Ambulance Services, Inc. or Baton Rouge General Hospital Ambulance Services. All ambulance services, including Acadian and Baton Rouge General, are regulated by EMS. Moyer does not own a controlling interest in any ambulance service or EMS. Moyer is not responsible as a field level paramedic with regulating, monitoring, or enforcing regulations of EMS.
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La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d) prohibits a public servant and a legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent from receiving any thing of economic value for services rendered to or for any person during his public service unless such services are neither performed for nor compensated by any person who (1) has or is seeking to have a contractual, business or financial relationship with the public servant's agency; (2) conducts operations or activities that are regulated by the public employee's agency; or (3) has a substantial economic interest which may be substantially affected by the performance or nonperformance of the public employee's official duty.
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Adopt the proposed advisory opinion.
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| Assigned Attorney: |
Greg Thibodeaux |
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