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LA Rev Stat § 40:1151.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1151.4. Procedure for making a declaration for a qualified patient who has not previously made a declaration

RS 1151.4 - Procedure for making a declaration for a qualified patient who has not previously made a declaration  A.(1) Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed in any manner to prevent the withholding or the withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a qualified patient with a terminal and irreversible condition who is comatose, incompetent, or otherwise physically or mentally incapable of communication and has not made a prior declaration in accordance with this Subpart .  (2) When a comatose or incompetent person or a person who is physically or mentally incapable of communication has been certified as a qualified patient and has not previously made a declaration, any of the following individuals in the following order of priority, if there is no individual in a prior class who is reasonably available, willing, and competent to act, may make a declaration on the qualified patient's behalf:  (a) The judicially appointed tutor or curator of the patient if one has been appointed. This Subparagraph shall not be construed to require such appointment in order that a declaration can be made under this Section.  (b) Any person or persons previously designated by an adult patient by written instrument signed by the patient in the presence of at least two witnesses, to have the authority to make a declaration for the patient in the event of the patient's inability to do so. If the instrument so authorizes more than one person, it may include the order in which the persons designated shall have authority to make the declaration.  (c) The patient's spouse not judicially separated.  (d) An adult child of the patient.  (e) The parents of the patient.  (f) The patient's sibling.  (g) The patient's other ascendants or descendants.  (3) If there is more than one person within the above named class in Subparagraphs (2)(d) through (2)(g) of this Subsection, then the declaration shall be made by a majority of that class available for consultation upon good faith efforts to secure participation of all of that class.  B. In any case where the declaration is made by a person specified in Subparagraphs (A)(2)(b), (c), (d), (e), or (f), there shall be at least two witnesses present at the time the declaration is made.  C. The absence of a declaration by an adult patient shall not give rise to any presumption as to the intent to consent to or to refuse life-sustaining procedures.  Acts 1984, No. 382, §1; Acts 1985, No. 187, §1, eff. July 6, 1985; Acts 1991, No. 323, §1; Acts 2012, No. 353, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.58.5 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1151.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1151.5. Making a declaration for the benefit of a terminally ill minor

RS 1151.5 - Making a declaration for the benefit of a terminally ill minor   A. If a minor has been certified as a qualified patient, the following individuals may voluntarily make a declaration to document the decision relative to withholding or withdrawal of medical treatment or life-sustaining procedures on a minor's behalf:   (1) The spouse if he has reached the age of majority; or   (2) If there is no spouse, or if the spouse is not available, or is a minor, or is otherwise unable to act, then either the parent or guardian of the minor.  B. An individual named in Subsection A of this Section may not make a declaration:   (1) If he has actual notice of contrary indications by the minor who is terminally ill; or   (2) If, as a parent or guardian, he has actual notice of opposition by either another parent, or guardian, or a spouse who has attained the age of majority.  C. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to require the making of a declaration for a terminally ill minor. The legislature intends that the provisions of this Subpart are permissive and voluntary. The legislature further intends that the making of a declaration pursuant to this Subpart merely illustrates a means of documenting the decision relative to withholding or withdrawal of medical treatment or life-sustaining procedures on behalf of a minor.  Acts 1984, No. 382, §1; Acts 1985, No. 187, §1, eff. July 6, 1985; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.58.6 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1151.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1151.6. Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services practitioner responsibility

RS 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.  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.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1151.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1151.8. Penalties

RS 1151.8 - Penalties  A. Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages the declaration of another, including the removal of a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet, without such declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation or the declaration of another shall be civilly liable.  B. Any person who falsifies or forges the declaration of another or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation of a declaration with the intent to cause the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures contrary to the wishes of the declarant, and thereby because of such act directly causes life-sustaining procedures to be withheld or withdrawn and death thereby to be hastened may be subject to prosecution under Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.  Acts 1984, No. 382, §1; Acts 1999, No. 641, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.58.9 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1151.9 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1151.9. General application

RS 1151.9 - General application  A. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve assistance to suicide, mercy killing, or euthanasia; or to permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.  B.(1) The withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a qualified patient in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart shall not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide.  (2) Nor shall the making of a declaration pursuant to this Subpart affect the sale, procurement, or issuance of any life insurance policy, nor shall it be deemed to modify the terms of an existing policy.  (3) No policy shall be legally impaired or invalidated by the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from an insured, qualified patient, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.  (4) A person shall not be required to make a declaration as a condition for being insured or for receiving health care services.  (5) The removal of life support systems or the failure to administer cardio-pulmonary resuscitation under this Subpart shall not be deemed the cause of death for purposes of insurance coverage.  C. The provisions of this Subpart are cumulative with existing law pertaining to an individual's right to consent or refuse to consent to medical or surgical treatment.  D. A declaration properly executed in and under the laws of another state is deemed to be validly executed for purposes of this Subpart.  E. It is the policy of the state of Louisiana that human life is of the highest and inestimable value through natural death. When interpreting this Subpart, any ambiguity shall be interpreted to preserve human life, including the life of an unborn child if the qualified patient is pregnant and an obstetrician who examines the woman determines that the probable postfertilization age of the unborn child is twenty or more weeks and the pregnant woman's life can reasonably be maintained in such a way as to permit the continuing development and live birth of the unborn child, and such determination is communicated to the relevant classes of family members and persons designated in R.S. 40:1151.4.  Acts 1984, No. 382, §1; Acts 1990, No. 749, §1; Acts 1999, No. 641, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Acts 2005, No. 447, §1; Acts 2012, No. 715, §1; Acts 2014, No. 850, §1, eff. June 23, 2014; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.58.10 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1152 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1152. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.21 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.

RS 1152 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.21 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1153 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1153. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.22 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.

RS 1153 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.22 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1153.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1153.1. Application; military personnel

RS 1153.1 - Application; military personnel  A. A military advance medical directive may be executed by:  (1) Military personnel.  (2) Other persons eligible for legal assistance under the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 1044 or regulations of the Department of Defense.  B. "Military personnel" means members of any of the branches of the armed forces of the United States as defined by 10 U.S.C. 101(a)(4), the reserve components of the armed forces of the United States as defined by 10 U.S.C. 10101, or the Louisiana National Guard.  Acts 1997, No. 1057, §1; Acts 1999, No. 227, §3; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.60 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1153.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1153.3. Requirements for legally sufficient military advance medical directive

RS 1153.3 - Requirements for legally sufficient military advance medical directive  A. In accordance with 10 U.S.C. 1044(c), a military advance medical directive is exempt from any requirement of form, substance, formality, or recording that may be required under the laws of Louisiana or any other state. Any such military advance medical directive shall be given the same legal effect as a declaration concerning life-sustaining procedures prepared and executed in accordance with the laws of the state of Louisiana.  B. For purposes of this Subpart, a military advance medical directive is any written declaration that:  (1)(a) Sets forth directions regarding the provision, withdrawal, or withholding of life-prolonging procedures, including hydration and sustenance, for the declarant whenever the declarant has a terminal physical condition or is in a persistent vegetative state, or  (b) Authorizes another person to make health care decisions for the declarant, under circumstances stated in the declaration, whenever the declarant is incapable of making informed health care decisions.  (2) Contains a statement that sets forth the contents of the first undesignated paragraph of the form provided in R.S. 40:1153.2.  (3) Is signed in accordance with 10 U.S.C. 1044(a) or other applicable state or federal law.  Acts 1997, No. 1057, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.62 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1153.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1153.4. Additional form of military advance medical directive; application of this Part

RS 1153.4 - Additional form of military advance medical directive; application of this Part  A. Nothing in this Subpart affects or limits the use of:  (1) Any other advance medical directive prepared and executed in accordance with the provisions of 10 U.S.C. 1044(c), regardless of form, substance, formality, or recording.  (2) Any other form for a declaration concerning life-sustaining procedures authorized by Subpart A of this Part.  B. This Subpart provides an illustrative form for making an advance medical directive and, in the event of direct conflict with Subpart A of this Part, is governed by the provisions contained herein. However, for purposes of interpretation, application, intent, definitions, direction, voluntary registry, notification, immunity from liability, and penalties, the provisions of Subpart A of this Part shall apply.  Acts 1997, No. 1057, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.63 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1153.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1153.5. Short title

RS 1153.5 - Short title  This Subpart may be cited as the "Louisiana Military Advance Medical Directive Act".  Acts 1997, No. 1057, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.64 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1154 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1154. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.23 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.

RS 1154 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.23 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1155 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1155. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.24 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.

RS 1155 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.24 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1155.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1155.1. Legislative purpose, findings, and intent

RS 1155.1 - Legislative purpose, findings, and intent  A. The legislature finds and declares all of the following:  (1) It is important for people to make health care decisions before a medical crisis presents itself.  (2) Health care planning is a process, rather than a single decision, that helps individuals to consider the kind of care they would want if they become seriously ill or incapacitated, and encourages them to talk to their family members or legal representative about such issues.  (3) The Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment "LaPOST" form documents the wishes of a qualified patient in a physician order.  (4) The hallmarks of the LaPOST form are the following:  (a) Immediately actionable, signed physician orders on a standardized form.  (b) Orders that address a range of life-sustaining interventions as well as the patient's preferred treatment for each intervention.  (c) A brightly colored, clearly identifiable form.  (d) A form that is recognized, adopted, and honored across treatment settings.  B.(1) The legislature intends that the provisions of this Subpart are permissive and voluntary. The legislature further intends that the completion of the Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment form merely illustrates a means of documenting a decision of a patient relative to withholding or withdrawal of medical treatment or life-sustaining procedures.  (2) It is the intent of the legislature that nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to require the completion of a Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment form pursuant to this Subpart.  (3) It is the intent of the legislature that nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to be the exclusive means by which life-sustaining procedures may be withheld or withdrawn, nor shall this Subpart be construed to require the application of medically inappropriate treatment or life-sustaining procedures to any patient.  Acts 2010, No. 954, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.64.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1155.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1155.2. Definitions

RS 1155.2 - Definitions  As used in this Subpart, the following terms shall have the meanings ascribed to them unless the context clearly states otherwise:  (1) "Attending physician" means the physician who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient.  (2) "Health care provider" means any home health agency, hospice, hospital, or nursing facility.  (3) "LaPOST" means Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment as provided in R.S. 40:1155.2.1.  (4) "Licensed emergency medical services practitioner" means a licensed emergency medical services practitioner as defined in R.S. 40:1131.  (5) "Life-limiting and irreversible condition" means a continual profound comatose state with no reasonable chance of recovery or a condition caused by injury, disease, or illness which within reasonable medical judgment would usually produce death within six months, for which the application of life-sustaining procedures would serve only to postpone the moment of death and for which the life-sustaining procedures would be a burden and not a benefit to the qualified patient, except as provided in the definition of "life-sustaining procedure" herein.  (6) "Life-sustaining procedure" means any medical procedure or intervention which, within reasonable medical judgment, would serve only to prolong the dying process of a qualified patient, including such procedures as the invasive administration of nutrition and hydration and the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation when the benefits of the procedure do not outweigh the burdens thereof. A "life-sustaining procedure" shall not include any measure deemed as comfort care. Notwithstanding any other provision of this Subpart, the administration of nutrition and hydration, whether orally or by invasive means, shall always occur except in the event another condition arises which is life-limiting and irreversible and in which nutrition and hydration by any means becomes a greater burden than benefit to the qualified patient.  (7) "Personal health care representative" means a person who has authority in accordance with Louisiana law to act on behalf of an individual who is an adult or an emancipated minor in making decisions related to health care because of incapacity.  (8) "Physician" means a physician or surgeon licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners or by the official licensing authority of another state.  (9) "Qualified patient" means a patient diagnosed and certified in writing as having a life-limiting and irreversible condition by the attending physician or personal physician of the patient.  Acts 2010, No. 954, §1; Acts 2012, No. 789, §§2,3, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.64.2 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.; Acts 2016, No. 486, §§1, 2, eff. June 13, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1155.2.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1155.2.1. LaPOST Form

RS 1155.2.1 - LaPOST Form <IMAGE> <IMAGE>   Acts 2016, No. 486, §1, eff. June 13, 2016.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1155.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1155.3. Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment

RS 1155.3 - Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment  A. The secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health is hereby authorized and directed to promulgate and publish rules, regulations, and standards, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, to provide for the Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment "LaPOST" program.  B. The rules and regulations shall include the following:  (1) Promulgation of the LaPOST form.  (2) Requirements that shall be met in order for a LaPOST form to be valid, including but not limited to situations in which the personal health care representative of a patient may execute the LaPOST form.  (3) Methods for revocation.  (4) Requirements which relate to a patient's informed consent upon executing a LaPOST form.  (5) Requirements for periodic review of the LaPOST form by the patient and his physician.  C. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed in any manner to prevent the withholding or the withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from an adult person who is comatose, incompetent, or otherwise physically or mentally incapable of communication and has not executed a prior LaPOST form in accordance with this Subpart.  D. The Louisiana Physician Order for Scope of Treatment or LaPOST form is not a declaration concerning life-sustaining procedures and therefore shall not have to comply with the provisions of R.S. 40:1151 through 1151.9 in order to be valid and enforceable.  Acts 2010, No. 954, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.64.3 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1155.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1155.4. Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services practitioner responsibility

RS 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.  Acts 2010, No. 954, §1; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.64.4 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.