§ 28:98.2 — Immunity of psychiatric hospital and director or administrator

Louisiana § 28:98.2

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 28: Mental Health

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§98.2. Immunity of psychiatric hospital and director or administrator
Any detentions, confinements, commitments, or discharges made of a patient who
has a mental illness in accordance with this Chapter to any state or private psychiatric
hospital by the director or administrator thereof, acting in good faith, reasonably and without
negligence, are declared to be administrative acts of the director, administrator, or the
hospital, and the director, administrator, and the hospital are granted immunity from liability
for damages to any patient so detained, confined, or committed for false imprisonment or
otherwise; provided, however, that the director, administrator, or the hospital shall not
thereby be exempt from liability for negligence in the care or treatment of such patient.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1966, No. 482, §2; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2; Acts 2018, No. 206, §1.