§ 46:923 — Rape crisis treatment services

§923. Rape crisis treatment services
A. Each state-owned and -operated medical acute care hospital in the state shall
establish, operate, and maintain a rape crisis treatment services program. The director of the
bureau of family health within the Louisiana Department of Health shall be responsible for
the coordination of the rape crisis treatment services program in each hospital, including the
training of personnel necessary to carry out the provisions of this Section.
B. Each state-owned and -operated medical acute care hospital shall have a rape
counselor or a system of rape counseling designed to ensure that the needs of rape victims
are met.
C. There shall be assigned to each rape crisis treatment services program a sufficient
number of registered staff nurses to assure that a nurse is designated to be on call at all times.
D. A physician on the staff of each hospital shall be designated to be on call to
provide rape treatment services on a twenty-four hour basis.
E. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate rules and
regulations for the provision of rape treatment services in accordance with generally accepted
rape treatment practices and the Administrative Procedure Act.
F. Each rape services treatment program shall develop links with other providers of
services to rape victims in the community.

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1979, No. 784, §1. Acts 1984, No. 217, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §5.