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10/15/2024 2:42:09 PM
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2023-012
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Opinion Type
Consent Opinion
Docket Number
2023-012
Parties Involved
Gerald Gerdes
Optometry Association of Louisiana
Agency at Issue
Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners
Decision Date
9/6/2024
Law
La. R.S. 42:1111C(2)(d)
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A consent opinion that Dr. Gerald Gerdes, in his capacity as a member of the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners, violated La. R.S. 42:1111Cā(2)āā(d)ā by virtue of his receipt of compensation for services rendered to Optometry Association of Louisiana while it had or was seeking to have contractual, financial or business relationships with the Louisiana State Board of Optometry Examiners.
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Ethics Board Docket No. 2023-012 <br /> Page 5 of 11 <br /> 13. <br /> From January 2019 through December 2021, the LSBOE paid for insurance associated <br /> with the Leased Space. OAL never paid for any insurance coverage for use of the Subject Building. <br /> 14. <br /> The Leased Space contained one copier machine that was used by each of the LSBOE and <br /> the OAL. Office furniture and infrastructure, including file cabinets and a wireless router, were <br /> shared by each of the LSBOE and the OAL. A significant amount of the OAL's files were <br /> contained on computers owned by the LSBOE. <br /> IV. <br /> PROVISIONS OF LAW: <br /> 1. <br /> Section 1111 C(2)(d) of the Ethics Code provides that no public servant and no legal entity <br /> in which the public servant exercises control or owns an interest in excess of twenty-five percent, <br /> shall receive any thing of economic value for or in consideration of services rendered, or to be <br /> rendered,to or for any person during his public service unless such services are neither performed <br /> for nor compensated by any person or from any officer, director, agent, or employee of such <br /> person, if such public servant knows or reasonably should know that such person has or is seeking <br /> to obtain contractual or other business or financial relationships with the public servant's agency. <br /> Section 1111C(2)(d) and Section 1115A(1) of the Ethics Code provide in pertinent part: <br /> §1111. Payment from nonpublic sources <br /> A. Payments for nonpublic service <br /> (2) No public servant and no legal entity in which the public servant exercises control or <br />
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