Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:98.2 – Immunity of psychiatric hospital and director or administrator
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:98.2
- administrator: means a person in charge of a treatment facility or his deputy. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
- Patient: means any person detained and taken care of as a person who has a mental illness or person who is suffering from a substance-related or addictive disorder. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- Treatment: means an active effort to accomplish an improvement in the mental condition or behavior of a patient or to prevent deterioration in his condition or behavior. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
Any detentions, confinements, commitments, or discharges made of a patient who has a mental illness in accordance with this Chapter to any state or private psychiatric hospital by the director or administrator thereof, acting in good faith, reasonably and without negligence, are declared to be administrative acts of the director, administrator, or the hospital, and the director, administrator, and the hospital are granted immunity from liability for damages to any patient so detained, confined, or committed for false imprisonment or otherwise; provided, however, that the director, administrator, or the hospital shall not thereby be exempt from liability for negligence in the care or treatment of such patient.
Added by Acts 1966, No. 482, §2; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2; Acts 2018, No. 206, §1.