Louisiana Children’s Code 1553 – Deprivation of comfort care prohibited
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Terms Used In Louisiana Children's Code 1553
- Child: means a person under eighteen years of age who has not been judicially emancipated under Civil Code Article 385 or emancipated by marriage under Civil Code Articles 379 through 384. See Louisiana Children's Code 1552
- Death: means that in the announced opinion of a physician, based on ordinary standards of approved medical practice, the child has experienced an irreversible cessation of spontaneous respiratory and circulatory functions. See Louisiana Children's Code 1552
No child, including any infant born alive, shall be denied or deprived of food or nutrients, water, oxygen, or comfort care by any person with the intent to cause or allow the death of the child for any reason, including but not limited to the following situations:
(1) The child was born with physical or mental handicapping conditions which, in the opinion of the parent, the physician, or other persons, diminishes the quality of the child’s life.
(2) The child was born alive in the course of an attempted abortion.
(3) The child is not wanted by the parent.
Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.