Louisiana § 40:1155.4 Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services

Louisiana Statutes

§ 40:1155.4 — Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services

Louisiana § 40:1155.4

Title 40Public Health and Safety

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La. Stat. Ann. § 40:1155.4 (2026).

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§1155.4. Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services practitioner responsibility

A.Any attending physician who refuses to comply with the provisions of a duly executed LaPOST form executed pursuant to this Subpart shall make a reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another physician.

B.No provision of this Subpart imposes a duty upon the physician or health care provider to make a search of whether a patient has executed a LaPOST form.

C.If the policies of a health care provider preclude compliance with the LaPOST form executed under this Subpart or preclude compliance with the provisions pertaining to a representative acting on behalf of a patient, then the health care provider shall take all reasonable steps to transfer the patient to a health care p

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§1155.4. Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services
practitioner responsibility
A. Any attending physician who refuses to comply with the provisions of a duly
executed LaPOST form executed pursuant to this Subpart shall make a reasonable effort to
transfer the patient to another physician.
B. No provision of this Subpart imposes a duty upon the physician or health care
provider to make a search of whether a patient has executed a LaPOST form.
C. If the policies of a health care provider preclude compliance with the LaPOST
form executed under this Subpart or preclude compliance with the provisions pertaining to
a representative acting on behalf of a patient, then the health care provider shall take all
reasonable steps to transfer the patient to a health care provider with which the provisions
of this Subpart can be effectuated.
D. Licensed emergency medical services practitioners shall make a reasonable effort
to detect the presence of an executed LaPOST form.