Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2112 – Enforcement by injunction authorized
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Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2112
- Hospital: means any institution, place, building, or agency, public or private, whether for profit or not, with facilities for the diagnosis, treatment, or care of persons who are suffering from illness, injury, infirmity, or deformity or other physical condition for which obstetrical, medical, or surgical services would be available and appropriate and which operates or is affiliated with facilities for the overnight care, observation, or recovery of those persons. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2102
- Injunction: An order of the court prohibiting (or compelling) the performance of a specific act to prevent irreparable damage or injury.
- Person: means the state, and any political subdivision or municipal corporation thereof, an individual, firm, partnership, corporation, company, association or joint stock association, or the legal successor thereof. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2102
- Secretary: means the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:2102
Notwithstanding the existence or pursuit of any other remedy the secretary may, in the manner provided by law, maintain an action in the name of the state for injunction or other process against any person or governmental unit to restrain or prevent the establishment, conduct, management, or operation of a hospital without a license under this Part.
Added by Acts 1961, No. 90, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 680, §61.