Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:1583.1
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:1583.1
- Charity: An agency, institution, or organization in existence and operating for the benefit of an indefinite number of persons and conducted for educational, religious, scientific, medical, or other beneficent purposes.
The Department of Public Safety and Corrections in conjunction with the Louisiana Department of Health, through the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans, shall as soon as funds are available establish a diagnostic psychiatric center for delinquent children at the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans and shall provide temporary facilities for them when a juvenile judge issues an order for their examination and/or treatment, at the institution, as provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 13:1583. Upon request of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections a court may order such treatment for a juvenile pursuant to La. Rev. Stat. 15:907.
Added by Acts 1974, No. 562, §1. Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §1, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1984, No. 567, §4.