§ 40:2013.2 — Appointment of chaplains; compensation

Louisiana § 40:2013.2

• Jurisdiction: Louisiana
• Title 40: Public Health and Safety

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§2013.2. Appointment of chaplains; compensation
A. The Louisiana Department of Health may provide for the services on a contractual
basis of a Catholic priest and a minister of the other non-Catholic predominating religious
denomination of patients in each of the hospitals under its administration for persons with
mental illness.
B. The Catholic priest shall be appointed by and subject to the Bishop or Archbishop
in whose diocese or archdiocese the hospital for persons with mental illness is located. The
minister of the other predominating religious denomination shall be selected and appointed
by the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.
C. The Catholic priest and the minister of the predominating non-Catholic
denomination shall be paid a monthly fee to be fixed by the secretary.
D. The secretary may provide for the employment of additional chaplains of any
religious denomination on a contractual basis and shall have authority to fix their fees.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1958, No. 35, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 680, §23; Acts 2014, No. 811, §22, eff. June 23, 2014.