Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1300.35 – Duty of medical practitioners
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1300.35
- Disabled person: means a person in a disabled condition. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1300.32
- Identifying device: means an identifying bracelet, necklace, metal tag, or similar device bearing the emergency symbol and the information needed in an emergency. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1300.32
- Medical practitioner: means a person licensed or authorized to practice medicine pursuant to Sections 1261 through 1290 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1300.32
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
A. Any medical practitioner, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device, and, if the identifying device is found, may make a reasonable search for an identification card of the type described in Section 1300.33(B).
B. There shall be no cause of action against a medical practitioner for making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device, and if the identifying device is found, for making a reasonable search for an identification card of the type described in Section 1300.33(B).
Added by Acts 1978, No. 399, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 40:1299.75 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.