The persons authorized and empowered in La. Rev. Stat. 40:1159.4 (A) and (B) to consent to surgical or medical treatment or procedures for others as provided therein are also authorized and empowered, for and on behalf of such others, and without court approval, to enter into binding medical arbitration agreements.

            Added by Acts 1976, No. 269, §1; Redesignated from La. Rev. Stat. 40:1299.57 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.