Louisiana § 40:1079.2 Treatment for drug abuse

Louisiana Statutes

§ 40:1079.2 — Treatment for drug abuse

Louisiana § 40:1079.2

Title 40Public Health and Safety

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La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1079.2 (2026).

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§1079.2. Treatment for drug abuse

A.Consent to the provision of medical or surgical care or services by a hospital or public clinic, or to the performance of medical or surgical care or services by a physician, licensed to practice medicine in this state, when executed by a minor who is or believes himself to be addicted to a narcotic or other drug, shall be valid and binding as if the minor had achieved his majority. Any such consent shall not be subject to a later disaffirmance by reason of his minority.

B.The consent of a spouse, parent, guardian or any other person standing in a fiduciary capacity to the minor shall not be necessary in order to authorize such hospital care or services or medical or surgical care or services to be provided by a physician licensed to practice medicine

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§1079.2. Treatment for drug abuse
A. Consent to the provision of medical or surgical care or services by a hospital or
public clinic, or to the performance of medical or surgical care or services by a physician,
licensed to practice medicine in this state, when executed by a minor who is or believes
himself to be addicted to a narcotic or other drug, shall be valid and binding as if the minor
had achieved his majority. Any such consent shall not be subject to a later disaffirmance by
reason of his minority.
B. The consent of a spouse, parent, guardian or any other person standing in a
fiduciary capacity to the minor shall not be necessary in order to authorize such hospital care
or services or medical or surgical care or services to be provided by a physician licensed to
practice medicine to such a minor.
C. Upon the advice and direction of a treating physician, or, in the case of a medical
staff, any one of them, a physician or member of a medical staff may, but shall not be
obligated to, inform the spouse, parent or guardian of any such minor as to the treatment
given or needed, and such information may be given to, or withheld from the spouse, parent
or guardian without the consent and over the express objection of the minor.
D. No hospital and no physician licensed to practice medicine in this state shall incur
civil or criminal liability in connection with any examination, diagnosis and treatment
authorized by this Section except for negligence.