§ 28:225 — Operation of advance directive; physician or provider to act in accordance with

§225. Operation of advance directive; physician or provider to act in accordance with
advance directive
A. An advance directive shall become operative when it is delivered to the principal's
treating physician or other behavioral health treatment provider and shall remain valid until
revoked or expired.
B. The treating physician or provider shall act in accordance with an operative
advance directive when the principal has been found to be incapable pursuant to R.S. 28:226.
Notwithstanding the operative advance directive, the treating physician or provider shall
endeavor to communicate with the principal regarding his proposed behavioral health
treatment and even continue to obtain the principal's informed consent to all behavioral
health treatment decisions if the principal is capable of providing informed consent or
refusal.

Legislative History

Acts 2001, No. 755, §1; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.