Louisiana § 40:1151.6 Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services

Louisiana Statutes

§ 40:1151.6 — Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services

Louisiana § 40:1151.6

Title 40Public Health and Safety

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Bluebook

La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1151.6 (2026).

Text

§1151.6. Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services practitioner responsibility

A.Any attending physician who has been notified of the existence of a declaration made under this Subpart or at the request of the proper person as provided in R.S. 40:1151.4 or R.S. 40:1151.5 upon diagnosis of a terminal and irreversible condition of the patient, or who on his own determines the existence of a declaration on file in the registry, shall take necessary steps to provide for written certification of the patient's terminal and irreversible condition, so that the patient may be deemed to be a qualified patient as defined in R.S. 40:1151.1.

B.Any attending physician who refuses to comply with the declaration of a qualified patient or declaration otherwise made pursuant

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§1151.6. Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services
practitioner responsibility
A. Any attending physician who has been notified of the existence of a declaration
made under this Subpart or at the request of the proper person as provided in R.S. 40:1151.4
or R.S. 40:1151.5 upon diagnosis of a terminal and irreversible condition of the patient, or
who on his own determines the existence of a declaration on file in the registry, shall take
necessary steps to provide for written certification of the patient's terminal and irreversible
condition, so that the patient may be deemed to be a qualified patient as defined in R.S.
40:1151.1.
B. Any attending physician who refuses to comply with the declaration of a qualified
patient or declaration otherwise made pursuant to this Subpart shall make a reasonable effort
to transfer the patient to another physician.
C. No provision of this Subpart imposes a duty upon the physician or health care
facility to make a search of the registry for the existence of a declaration.
D. If the policies of a health care provider preclude compliance with the declaration
of a qualified patient under this Subpart or preclude compliance with the provisions
pertaining to a representative acting on behalf of a qualified patient, then the provider shall
take all reasonable steps to transfer the patient to a provider with which the provisions of this
Subpart can be effectuated.
E. Licensed emergency medical services practitioners shall make a reasonable effort
to detect the presence of a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet on the patient.

Legislative History

Acts 1984, No. 382, §1; Acts 1985, No. 187, §1, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1991, No. 194, §1; Acts 1991, No. 320, §1; Acts 1999, No. 641, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.58.7 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.