Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1085.2 – Any physician, midwife, or other person licensed by the state to practice obstetrics or to assist at childbirth, or any physician who attends a child within two weeks after childbirt
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1085.2
- person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
Any physician, midwife, or other person licensed by the state to practice obstetrics or to assist at childbirth, or any physician who attends a child within two weeks after childbirth, shall within six hours after obtaining knowledge of the condition defined in La. Rev. Stat. 40:1085.1 report this condition, as directed by the Louisiana Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as the “department”, to the local health officer at the residence of the mother.
Amended by Acts 1978, No. 786, §5, eff. July 17, 1978; Acts 1988, No. 839, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 40:1102 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.