Terms Used In Louisiana Codes > Civil Code > BOOK III > Title XIII > Chapter 4 - Judicial Sequestration

• 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
• 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