Louisiana Codes > Civil Code > PRELIMINARY TITLE > Title XIII > Chapter 1 – Deposit
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- Birth certificate: means the child's official birth certificate or a true copy of a prefiled version of the birth certificate in the event the official birth certificate has not yet been issued. See Louisiana Children's Code 1103
- Child: means a person under eighteen years of age and not emancipated by marriage. See Louisiana Children's Code 1103
- Department: means the Department of Children and Family Services. See Louisiana Children's Code 1150
- Designated emergency care facility: means any of the following:
(a) Any hospital licensed in the state of Louisiana. See Louisiana Children's Code 1150
- Emergency medical service provider: means a licensed emergency medical service provider, when dispatched as a result of a "911" call from a parent who wishes to relinquish his infant under this Chapter. See Louisiana Children's Code 1150
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Infant: means a child not previously subjected to abuse or neglect, who is not more than sixty days old as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty by an examining physician. See Louisiana Children's Code 1150
- Putative father registry: means the Louisiana putative father registry established in Part I-C of Chapter 1 of Code Title VII of Code Book I of Title 9 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950, comprised of La. See Louisiana Children's Code 1103