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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:100

  • administrator: means a person in charge of a treatment facility or his deputy. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
  • 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
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Physician: means an individual licensed to practice medicine by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners in active practice or an individual in a post-graduate medical training program of an accredited medical school in Louisiana or a medical officer similarly qualified by the government of the United States while in the state in the performance of his official duties. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2

            A. The treating physician may grant to patients leaves of absence for such time and upon such conditions as he prescribes. In granting leave, the director or administrator is subject to the restrictions provided in La. Rev. Stat. 28:96.

            B. A patient on leave may be returned at any time by the director, administrator, or the person to whom he has been released.

            Amended by Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.