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LA Rev Stat § 40:1155.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1155.5. Immunity from liability

RS 1155.5 - Immunity from liability  A.(1) Any health care provider, physician, or other person acting under the direction of a physician shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability or be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct as a result of the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a patient who has duly executed a LaPOST form in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart, or as a result of transferring a patient to a provider with which the provisions of this Subpart can be effectuated.  (2) Any person, health care provider, physician, or other person acting under the direction of a physician who authorizes the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures in accordance with a duly executed LaPOST form, or as otherwise provided in this Subpart, shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for such action.  (3) A duly executed LaPOST form made in accordance with this Subpart shall be presumed to have been made voluntarily.  B.(1) A licensed emergency medical services practitioner shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for withholding life-sustaining procedures from a patient who has duly executed a LaPOST form.  (2) A licensed emergency medical services practitioner shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for administering life-sustaining procedures to a patient who has duly executed a LaPOST form when there is no reasonable means by which the licensed emergency medical services practitioner could know or should have known that the patient had executed such LaPOST form, or as a result of transferring a patient to a provider with which the provisions of this Subpart can be effectuated.  Acts 2010, No. 954, §1; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.64.5 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1155.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1155.6. General application

RS 1155.6 - General application  A. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve 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 patient who has duly executed a LaPOST form in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart shall not, for any purpose, constitute a suicide.  (2) The execution of a LaPOST form pursuant to this Subpart shall not 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 who has duly executed a LaPOST form, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.  (4) A person shall not be required to execute a LaPOST form 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 or the denial 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. 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 2010, No. 954, §1; Acts 2014, No. 850, §1, eff. June 23, 2014; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.64.6 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1156 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1156. Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.25 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.

RS 1156 - Redesignated to R.S. 40:1281.25 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1156.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1156.1. Voluntary nonopioid directive; form; immunity

RS 1156.1 - Voluntary nonopioid directive; form; immunity  A. The Louisiana Department of Health, in consultation with the office of behavioral health, shall establish a voluntary nonopioid directive form and shall publish the form prominently on the department's website for public use.  B. A patient may execute and file a voluntary nonopioid directive form with a prescribing practitioner when the patient does not wish to be issued a prescription or medication order for an opioid. Upon receipt of a voluntary nonopioid directive form, a prescribing practitioner shall date and affix his signature to the form in the presence of the patient as evidence of acceptance, document the receipt in the patient's medical record, and provide a signed copy of the form to the patient.  C. The voluntary nonopioid directive form established by the department shall allow a patient or when the patient is unable to consent for himself, any person duly authorized and empowered to provide medical consent for the patient under the provisions of R.S. 40:1151.4, to revoke the directive, orally or in writing, for any reason, at any time.  D. An electronically transmitted prescription to a pharmacy shall be presumed to be valid for the purposes of this Section, and a pharmacist shall not be held in violation of this Section for dispensing a controlled substance in contradiction to a voluntary nonopioid form.  E. No prescribing practitioner who has signed and executed a nonopioid directive form with a patient acting with reasonable care shall be liable for damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution or be deemed to have violated the standard of care for such prescribing practitioner for refusing to issue a prescription or medication order for an opioid pursuant to a voluntary nonopioid directive form.  F. No person acting in good faith as a duly authorized guardian or healthcare representative pursuant to Subsection C of this Section shall be liable for damages in a civil action or subject to criminal prosecution for revoking or overriding a voluntary nonopioid directive form.  G. No prescribing practitioner shall be liable for damages in a civil action, subject to criminal prosecution, or deemed to have violated the standard of care for a prescribing practitioner's profession for issuing a prescription for or administering a controlled substance containing an opioid to a patient when the patient and the prescribing practitioner have not executed and filed a voluntary nonopioid directive form under the provisions of this Subpart.  H. A prescribing practitioner who willfully fails to comply with a patient's voluntary nonopioid directive form may be subject to disciplinary action pursuant to rules promulgated by his health profession licensing board.  Acts 2018, No. 28, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1159.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1159.1. Short title

RS 1159.1 - Short title   This Subpart shall be known as and may be cited as the "Louisiana Medical Consent Law."   Added by Acts 1975, No. 798, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.50 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1159.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1159.2. Subpart not applicable to abortion and sterilization

RS 1159.2 - Subpart not applicable to abortion and sterilization  The provisions of this Subpart shall not apply in any manner whatsoever to the subjects of abortion and sterilization, which subjects shall continue to be governed by existing law independently of the terms and provisions of this Subpart.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 798, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.51 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1159.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1159.3. Subpart not applicable to care and treatment of persons with mental illness; exception

RS 1159.3 - Subpart not applicable to care and treatment of persons with mental illness; exception  Except as provided in R.S. 40:1159.9, the provisions of this Subpart shall not apply to the care and treatment of persons with mental illness, which subject shall continue to be governed by existing law independently of the terms and provisions of this Subpart.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 798, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 607, §1; Acts 2014, No. 811, §22, eff. June 23, 2014; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.52 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1159.5 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1159.5. Emergencies

RS 1159.5 - Emergencies   A. In addition to any other instances in which a consent is excused or implied at law, a consent to surgical or medical treatment or procedures suggested, recommended, prescribed, or directed by a duly licensed physician will be implied where an emergency exists. For the purposes hereof, an emergency is defined as a situation wherein: (1) in competent medical judgment, the proposed surgical or medical treatment or procedures are reasonably necessary; and (2) a person authorized to consent under R.S. 40:1159.4 is not readily available, and any delay in treatment could reasonably be expected to jeopardize the life or health of the person affected, or could reasonably result in disfigurement or impair faculties.  B. For purposes of this Section, an emergency is also defined as a situation wherein: (1) a person transported to a hospital from a licensed health care facility is not in a condition to give consent; (2) a person authorized to give consent under R.S. 40:1159.4 is not readily available; and (3) any delay would be injurious to the health and well being of such person.   Added by Acts 1975, No. 798, §1. Amended by Acts 1982, No. 449, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.54 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1159.6 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1159.6. Construction of Subpart; general application

RS 1159.6 - Construction of Subpart; general application  A. The provisions of this Subpart shall be liberally construed, and all relationships set forth herein shall include the marital, adoptive, foster and step-relations as well as the natural whole blood. A consent by one person so authorized and empowered shall be sufficient. Any person acting in good faith shall be justified in relying on the representations of any person purporting to give such a consent, including but not limited to his identity, his age, his marital status, his emancipation, and his relationship to any other person for whom the consent is purportedly given.  B. Nothing in this Subpart shall be construed to condone, authorize, or approve assistance to suicide, mercy killing, or euthanasia.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 798, §1; Acts 2012, No. 715, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.55 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1159.7 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1159.7. Right of adult to refuse treatment as to his own person not abridged

 §1159.7. Right of adult to refuse treatment as to his own person not abridged   Nothing contained herein shall be construed to abridge any right of a person eighteen years of age or over to refuse to consent to medical or surgical treatment as to his own person.  Added by Acts 1975, No. 798, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.56 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1159.8 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1159.8. Consent to medical arbitration agreements

RS 1159.8 - Consent to medical arbitration agreements   The persons authorized and empowered in R.S. 40:1159.4 (A) and (B) to consent to surgical or medical treatment or procedures for others as provided therein are also authorized and empowered, for and on behalf of such others, and without court approval, to enter into binding medical arbitration agreements.  Added by Acts 1976, No. 269, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.57 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1160.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1160.1. Title

RS 1160.1 - Title  This Subpart shall be known and may be cited as the "Consent to Medical Examinations Act".  Acts 2020, No. 269, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1160.2 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1160.2. Definitions

RS 1160.2 - Definitions  As used in this Subpart, the following terms have the meanings ascribed to them unless otherwise provided for or unless the context otherwise indicates:  (1) "Anesthesia" means a drug-induced loss of consciousness, by use of any anesthetic induction agent or otherwise, during which patients are not arousable even by painful stimulation, as defined by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners.  (2) "Examination" means a pelvic or rectal examination.  (3) "Healthcare provider" means a physician or other healthcare practitioner licensed, certified, registered, or otherwise authorized to perform specified healthcare services consistent with state law.  (4) "Learner" means any person enrolled in a medical, nursing, or allied health education program. "Learner" shall also mean a medical resident, intern, or student undergoing a course of instruction or participating in a clinical training or residency program.  (5) "Patient" means a person who receives or has received medical treatment or services from an individual or institution licensed to provide medical treatment in this state.  (6) "Pelvic examination" means the physical examination of an individual's reproductive organs.  (7) "Personal healthcare representative" has the meaning as ascribed in R.S. 40:1155.2.  (8) "Rectal examination" means an examination relating to or affecting the rectum.  (9) "Teaching purposes" means a nondiagnostic or nontherapeutic examination that is solely for the education of the learner.  Acts 2020, No. 269, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1160.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1160.3. Consent to medical examinations; anesthetized patients; penalties

RS 1160.3 - Consent to medical examinations; anesthetized patients; penalties  A. A healthcare provider licensed or certified to practice a profession shall not perform a pelvic or rectal examination, hereinafter referred to as "examination", on an anesthetized or unconscious patient unless at least one of the following conditions is met:  (1) The patient or the personal healthcare representative provides written consent to the examination, and the examination is necessary for instructional, preventive, diagnostic, or treatment purposes.  (2) The patient or the personal healthcare representative has provided informed consent to a surgical procedure or examination to be performed on the patient, and the performance of an examination is within the scope of care ordered for the surgical procedure or examination.  (3)(a) The patient is unconscious and incapable of providing consent, and the examination is medically necessary.  (b) A healthcare provider who performs an examination pursuant to this Paragraph shall inform the patient that an additional examination was performed and the nature of the examination. The healthcare provider shall notify the patient of the examination at a reasonable time before the patient is discharged from his care.  B. Any violation of the provisions of this Section may constitute grounds for adverse licensure action by the applicable professional licensing board exercising jurisdiction over the healthcare provider.  Acts 2020, No. 269, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1160.4 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1160.4. Requirement for examinations performed by learners

RS 1160.4 - Requirement for examinations performed by learners  A. Learners in a clinical setting, including but not limited to an operating room, when the patient is under general anesthesia, shall perform an examination for teaching purposes only when all of the following conditions are met:  (1) The examination is explicitly consented to by the patient.  (2) The examination is medically related to the planned or performed procedure.  (3) The examination is performed by a learner who has been recognized by the patient as a part of his care team.  (4) The examination is conducted under direct supervision by the educator.  B. Any violation of the provisions of this Section may constitute grounds for adverse action by the medical educational program for any learner and may constitute grounds for adverse licensure action by the appropriate professional licensing board for any licensed individual.  Acts 2020, No. 269, §1.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1162 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1162. §§1162 to 1171 Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 34, §2.

RS 1162 - §§1162 to 1171 Repealed by Acts 1958, No. 34, §2.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1163.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1163.1. Electronic health care transactions; electronic signature authentication and identification system

RS 1163.1 - Electronic health care transactions; electronic signature authentication and identification system  A. As used in this Section, the following terms shall have the following meanings:  (1) "Authorization" means a consent, an approval, or an authorization between persons.  (2) "Electronic signature authentication and identification" means the process of authenticating identification using a system of form, location, and endorsement pursuant to Subsections B and C of this Section.  B. Electronic signature authentication and identification may be used for an individual who participates in agreements, authorizations, contracts, records, or other transactions that involve individually identifiable health information, including medical records and recordkeeping, transfer of medical records, medical billing, health care proxies, health care directives, consent to medical treatment, medical research, and organ and tissue donation or procurement.  C. Electronic signature authentication and identification pursuant to Subsection B of this Section may be implemented by an interactive system of security procedures that include any of the following:  (1) A tamper-proof electric appliance that receives input of unique identification numbers, unique biometric identifiers, or location devices.  (2) A computerized authentication process for biometric identifiers that is linked to the appropriate identification numbers upon receipt of the identifiers.  (3) Transmission of verification of the identifiers to a securely maintained electronic repository.  D. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to supersede or preempt applicable state and federal law, including the Louisiana Uniform Electronic Transactions Act, as established in R.S. 9:2601 et seq., the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 and associated regulations, and 21 CFR Part 11.  Acts 2008, No. 738, §1, eff. July 3, 2008; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.40.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1165.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1165.3. Contact lens prescription; contents; expiration; restrictions on filling; release; penalties

RS 1165.3 - Contact lens prescription; contents; expiration; restrictions on filling; release; penalties  A. Every contact lens prescription written by a licensed physician or licensed optometrist for use in correcting errors of refraction and restoring, as near as possible, normal human vision shall be signed by the physician or optometrist and shall contain information specifying the physical design, material type, curvatures, diameters, pertinent measurements, and refractive power and an expiration date not to exceed eighteen months.  B. No owner, employer, or agent of any business establishment that buys, sells, offers to sell, dispenses, or gives away prescription contact lenses may fill a contact lens prescription unless the information provided in Subsection A of this Section is included on the prescription or after the expiration date of the prescription.  C. No person other than the prescribing physician, optometrist, or his designated employee may release to a patient a copy of his contact lens prescription. However, no such physician, optometrist, or his designated employee may deny, withhold, attempt to deny or withhold, or refuse to release to any patient his prescription, or a copy of his prescription, if requested by the patient.  D. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction, shall be fined not more than five hundred dollars. For each subsequent offense, the violator shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars.  E. For purposes of this Section, a spectacle prescription shall not be construed to be or substituted for a contact lens prescription.  Acts 1995, No. 949, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.97 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1167.1 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1167.1. Short title

RS 1167.1 - Short title  This Subpart shall be known as and may be cited as the "Electronic Health Records Loan Program".  Acts 2009, No. 489, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.97.1 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
LA Rev Stat § 40:1167.3 (2021)
2021 Louisiana Laws|Revised Statutes|Title 40 - Public Health and Safety|§1167.3. Definitions

RS 1167.3 - Definitions  As used in this Subpart, the following terms shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:  (1) "Certified EHR technology" means a qualified electronic health record (as defined in Section 3000(13) of the Public Health Service Act) that is certified pursuant to Section 3001(c)(5) of such Act as meeting standards adopted under Section 3004 of such Act that are applicable to the type of record involved.  (2) "Department" means the Louisiana Department of Health or its successor in the role of designated state agency under Title XIX of the Social Security Act or any successor Act including, but not limited to, block grants or other funding for medical care of the poor.  (3) "Secretary" means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health.  Acts 2009, No. 489, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.97.3 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.