Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3713.1 – “E911” tape recordings or records; court order; certified copies; attestation
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3713.1
- Communication: means the acquiring, recording or transmittal, of any information, in any manner whatsoever, concerning any facts, opinions or statements necessary to enable the health care provider to diagnose, treat, prescribe or to act for the patients; said communications may include, but are not limited to any and all medical records, office records, hospital records, charts, correspondence, memoranda, laboratory tests and results, x-rays, photographs, financial statements, diagnoses and prognoses. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3734
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
A. Whenever a certified copy of any record or tape recording of any participating agency within a communication district operating an Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service is offered in evidence or when any court of competent jurisdiction has ordered the production of any record or recording of any participating agency within a communication district, a certified copy of such record or tape recordings, attested to by the custodian for the participating agency, shall be received in evidence with the same force and effect as though the original record or tape recording were produced, and it shall be sufficient compliance with any order of court to furnish copies so certified.
B. A participating agency within a communication district operating an Enhanced Universal Emergency Number Service or Enhanced 911 Service shall retain and preserve each tape recording reel or unit for a period of not less than ninety days after the reel or unit is considered fully used and is removed from the function of recording calls and conversations. During this ninety-day period, the recorded content shall not be deleted or erased or removed by taping other conversations on the same tape.
Acts 1995, No. 1069, §1, eff. June 29, 1995.