Louisiana Children’s Code 1423 – Coroner; notice; independent examination; discharge
Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 1423
- 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
- Patient: means any person detained and taken care of as a person with mental illness or person suffering from substance abuse. 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
- 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. Upon admission of any minor by emergency certificate to a treatment facility, it shall be the duty of the director of the treatment facility immediately to notify the coroner of the parish in which the treatment facility is located of the admission, giving the following information if known:
(1) The minor’s name, address, date of birth.
(2) Name of certifying physician, family psychiatric mental health nurse practitioner, or psychologist.
(3) Date and time of admission.
(4) The name and address of the treatment facility.
B. Within seventy-two hours of admission, the minor patient shall be independently examined by the coroner or his deputy who shall execute an emergency certificate pursuant to Article 1422, which shall be a necessary precondition to the person’s continued confinement.
C. However, in the event that the coroner has made the initial examination and executed the first emergency commitment certificate, then a second examination shall be made within the seventy-two hour period set forth in this Article by any physician at the treatment facility where the minor patient is confined.
D. If from his examination the coroner concludes that the minor is not a proper subject for emergency admission, then the minor shall not be further detained in the treatment facility and shall be discharged by the director forthwith.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2012, No. 489, §1.