Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1113.3 – No physician, osteopath, hospital, blood bank, or tissue bank, or such health care provider’s officers, employees, or agents authorized by law to administer blood, tissue, or fluids
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1113.3
- Health care provider: means a person, partnership, corporation, facility, or institution licensed by the state or federal government to provide health care or professional services as a physician, osteopath, hospital, blood bank or tissue bank and/or an officer, employee, or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of his employment. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1113.1
- HIV test: means a laboratory test approved by the Louisiana Department of Health to detect antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1113.1
- Patient: means a natural person who receives health care from a health care provider. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1113.1
No physician, osteopath, hospital, blood bank, or tissue bank, or such health care provider‘s officers, employees, or agents authorized by law to administer blood, tissue, or fluids shall administer to a patient blood, blood products, body tissue, or body fluids donated by another individual unless:
(1) The donated blood, blood products, body tissue, or body fluids have been subjected to an HIV test; and
(2) The HIV test performed produced a negative result.
Acts 1987, No. 234, §1; Acts 2010, No. 129, §1, eff. June 8, 2010; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 40:1299.143 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.