Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:51 – A. The director of a treatment facility, subject to the availability of suitable accommodations, shall receive for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment, any person whose admis
Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:51
- Behavioral health: is a term used to refer to both mental health and substance use. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- Court: means any duly constituted district court or court having family or juvenile jurisdiction. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- Department: means the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- Diagnosis: means the art and science of determining the presence of disease in an individual and distinguishing one disease from another. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- Patient: means any person detained and taken care of as a person who has a mental illness or person who is suffering from a substance-related or addictive disorder. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
- 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 Revised Statutes 28:2
- Treatment facility: includes but is not limited to the following, and shall be selected with consideration of first, medical suitability; second, least restriction of the person's liberty; third, nearness to the patient's usual residence; fourth, financial or other status of the patient; and fifth, patient's expressed preference, except that such considerations shall not apply to forensic facilities:
(i) Public and private behavioral health services providers licensed pursuant to La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 28:2
A. The director of a treatment facility, subject to the availability of suitable accommodations, shall receive for observation, diagnosis, care, and treatment, any person whose admission is authorized under any of the procedures provided for in La. Rev. Stat. 28:52 through La. Rev. Stat. 28:54 and La. Rev. Stat. 28:64.
B. The failure by any director to obey an order or judgment committing a patient to a treatment facility shall not be construed as contempt of any court, if it appears that the failure to obey is due to the inability to comply with the order or judgment because medically suitable accommodations for the patient are unavailable.
C. The Louisiana Department of Health, through its hospitals, behavioral health clinics, and similar facilities, may direct petitioners and other persons to appropriate resources regarding petitions for commitment, requests for protective custody orders, and requests for emergency certificates upon request of such persons.
Amended by Acts 1954, No. 701, §1; Acts 1966, No. 482, §1; Acts 1977, No. 714, §1; Acts 1979, No. 181, §1, eff. July 3, 1979; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2; Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.