§ 40:12 Parish health units
§ 40:13 A. The governing body of each parish shall provide ample means for the maintenance and operation of its parish health units or departments and for the promotion and conservation of p
§ 40:14 Parish health units; jurisdiction
§ 40:15 Quarantine by parish health officer
§ 40:16 All parish health units act under the supervision and advice of the state health officer and the office of health services and environmental quality of the Louisiana Department of Health.
§ 40:16.1 The proceeds of the sale of any former mental health facility properties which have been declared to be surplus property are to be dedicated to the renovation of any current mental h
§ 40:16.3 A. The chancellor of the Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center at New Orleans, referred to hereafter in this Section as the “chancellor”, is hereby authorized to execute
§ 40:16.4 A. There is hereby created, as a special fund in the state treasury, the Louisiana Department of Health’s Facility Support Fund Number 2, hereinafter referred to as the “fund”.
§ 40:17 Mandatory medical examination; confinement; when allowed; emergency certificate
§ 40:18 A. If any case where a communicable disease is reported to or comes to the knowledge of any local health officer, the local health officer shall immediately isolate it and communicat
§ 40:19 Domicile of parish health unit
§ 40:20 A. The state health officer, after consultation with the parish governing authority and with the approval of the secretary of the Louisiana Department of Health, and the parish governing a
§ 40:21 Establishment of health district; district health officer
§ 40:22 A parish or district health officer who is not in the classified service of the state may be removed from office, after thirty days written notice by either the state health officer or the
§ 40:23 A. Each parish shall determine the salary of its health officer and the necessary expenses for the conduct of his official duties if the health officer is in the unclassified service
§ 40:24 A. The parish health officer may issue warrants only to arrest or prevent epidemics or to abate an imminent menace to the public health in his parish.
§ 40:25 Entry on and inspection of premises
§ 40:26 A. The governing body of a parish may contract, or mutually agree on an annual basis, with the Louisiana Department of Health on or before November 1 of any calendar year, for the establis
§ 40:27 Salaries and personnel benefits of health unit

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 1 > Part II - Parish Health Units

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  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
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  • Person: means an individual, a public or private corporation, an association, a partnership, a public body created by or pursuant to state law, the state of Louisiana, an agency or political subdivision of the state, a federally recognized Indian tribe, the United States government, a political subdivision of the United States government, and any officer, employee, and agent of one of those entities. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:5.8
  • State health officer: means the legally appointed or acting state health officer as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:5.8