Louisiana Children’s Code 1422 – Certificate; contents
Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 1422
- Family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner: means an individual who maintains the credentials as such and meets the requirements of a "psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner" as provided in La. See Louisiana Children's Code 1404
- Psychologist: means an individual licensed to practice psychology in Louisiana in accordance with La. See Louisiana Children's Code 1404
- 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
- Treatment facility: means any public or private hospital, retreat, institution, mental health center, or facility licensed by the state of Louisiana in which any mentally ill minor or minor suffering from substance abuse is received or detained as a patient except a facility under the control or supervision of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections unless otherwise provided in Title VIII of this Code. See Louisiana Children's Code 1404
A. The emergency certificate shall state all of the following:
(1) The date the physician, family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or psychologist examined the minor, which shall not be more than seventy-two hours prior to the date of the signature of the certificate.
(2) The objective findings of the physician, family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or psychologist relative to the physical and mental condition of the minor, leading to the conclusion that he is dangerous to himself or others or is gravely disabled as a result of substance abuse or mental illness.
(3) The history of the case, if known.
(4) The determination of whether the minor examined is in need of immediate psychiatric treatment in a treatment facility because he is either:
(a) Dangerous to himself.
(b) Dangerous to others.
(c) Gravely disabled.
(5) A statement that the minor is unwilling or unable to seek voluntary admission.
B. The certificate shall be dated and executed under the penalty of perjury, but need not be notarized. The certificate shall be valid for seventy-two hours and shall be delivered to the director of the treatment facility where the person is to be further evaluated and treated.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2012, No. 489, §1.