§ 40:1191.1 As used in this Part, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them in this Section unless the context requires otherwise:
§ 40:1191.2 A. Prior to the final disposition of a miscarried child, but not more than twenty-four hours after the miscarriage occurs in a health facility, the facility shall notify the patient,
§ 40:1191.3 The Louisiana Department of Health shall promulgate, in accordance with the Administrative Procedure Act, a notice of parental rights form to be used by health facilities to comply w
§ 40:1191.4 The provisions of this Part shall not be construed to create a cause of action, nor shall the health facility, or any person authorized to act on behalf of the health facility, be he

Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 40 > Chapter 5-D > Subchapter B > Part VI - Disposition of Fetal Remains

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Board: means the municipal fire and police civil service board. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Classification plan: means all the classes of positions established for the classified service. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Classified service: means every appointive office and position of trust or employment in the municipal government which has as its primary duty one of the functions specifically set forth to be included in the classified service by the provisions of this Part; and excludes all elective and appointive offices and positions of trust or employment which have a primary duty specifically set forth to be included in the unclassified service by the provisions of this Part. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Demotion: means a change of an employee in the classified service from a position of one class to a position of a lower class which generally affords less responsibility and pay. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Dismissal: The dropping of a case by the judge without further consideration or hearing. Source:
  • Employee: means a person legally occupying a position. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473
  • Final disposition: means the burial, cremation, or other disposition of the remains of a human fetus following fetal death. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1191.1
  • Health facility: means a facility licensed by the Louisiana Department of Health to provide health services. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1191.1
  • Miscarried child: means the fetal remains resulting from a spontaneous fetal death that does not require compulsory registration pursuant to the provisions of La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1191.1
  • person: includes a body of persons, whether incorporated or not. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 1:10
  • Position: means any office and employment in the municipal fire and police services, the duties of which call for services to be rendered by one person. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 33:2473