§ 22:2461 As used in this Chapter, the following definitions apply:
§ 22:2462 A. Subject to the requirements of this Section, any notice to a party or any other document required by law in an insurance transaction or that is to serve as evidence of insurance c
§ 22:2463 After the consent of a party is given, in the event a change in the hardware or software requirements needed to access or retain a notice or document delivered by electronic means cr
§ 22:2464 A. The provisions of this Section shall not be construed to affect requirements related to content or timing of any notice or document required by any other provision of law.
§ 22:2465 The legal effectiveness, validity, or enforceability of any contract or policy of insurance executed by a party shall not be denied solely because of the failure of the insurer to ob
§ 22:2466 A. A withdrawal of consent by a party shall not affect the legal effectiveness, validity, or enforceability of a notice or document delivered by electronic means to the party before
§ 22:2467 If the consent of a party to receive certain notices or documents in an electronic form is on file with an insurer before August 1, 2018, and an insurer intends to deliver additional
§ 22:2468 An insurer shall deliver a notice or document by any other delivery method permitted by law other than electronic means if either of the following occurs:
§ 22:2469 An insurance producer shall not be subject to civil liability for any harm or injury that occurs because of a party’s election to receive any notice or document by electronic means o

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 22 > Chapter 19 - Electronic Delivery of Insurance Documents and Notices

  • Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
  • Annuity: A periodic (usually annual) payment of a fixed sum of money for either the life of the recipient or for a fixed number of years. A series of payments under a contract from an insurance company, a trust company, or an individual. Annuity payments are made at regular intervals over a period of more than one full year.
  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • 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
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • Delivered by electronic means: means either of the following:

                (a) Delivery to an electronic mail address at which a party has consented to receive notices or documents. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:2461

  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Health care provider: means a hospital, as defined in this Subsection, and means a person, corporation, facility, or institution licensed by the state to provide health care or professional services as a physician, hospital, dentist, registered or licensed practical nurse, pharmacist, optometrist, podiatrist, chiropractor, physical therapist, psychologist, social worker, or licensed professional counselor and an officer, employee, or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of his employment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3734
  • Hospital: means any hospital as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3734
  • 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.
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Mortgage: The written agreement pledging property to a creditor as collateral for a loan.
  • Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Party: means any recipient of any notice or document required as part of an insurance transaction, including but not limited to an applicant, an insured, a policyholder, or an annuity contract holder. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 22:2461
  • Patient: means a natural person who receives health care from a licensed health care provider. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3734
  • Political subdivision: means a parish, municipality, and any other unit of local government, including a school board and a special district, authorized by law to perform governmental functions. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 18:581
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Representative: means the spouse, parent, tutor, curator, trustee, attorney or other legal agent of the patient. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 13:3734
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Testify: Answer questions in court.
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.