Louisiana Children’s Code 1408 – Facilities prohibited; emergency certificate for substance abuse treatment
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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 1408
- Substance abuse: means the condition of a person who uses narcotic, stimulant, depressant, soporific, tranquilizing, or hallucinogenic drugs or alcohol to the extent that it renders the person dangerous to himself or others or renders the person gravely disabled. See Louisiana Children's Code 1404
- 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 Children's Code 1404
A. Minor patients involuntarily hospitalized by emergency certificate for substance abuse treatment shall not be admitted to the following facilities:
(1) Private clinics.
(2) Public or private halfway houses.
(3) Public or private group homes.
(4) Forensic facilities.
(5) Residential facilities for children.
B. Judicial commitment or hospitalization by emergency certificate may be made to any facility listed in Article 1406(B), except forensic facilities, provided that such facility has a substance abuse inpatient operation maintained separate and apart from any mental health inpatient operation in such facility.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.