Terms Used In Louisiana Revised Statutes > Title 47 > Subtitle VIII - Miscellaneous Revenues

• Agent: means an individual, association, corporation, club, trust, estate, society, company, joint stock company, receiver, trustee, any other person acting in a fiduciary or representative capacity who is appointed by a court, or any combination of individuals. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:7002
• Declaration: means a witnessed document, statement, or expression voluntarily made by the declarant, authorizing the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures, in accordance with the requirements of this Subpart. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1151.1
• Do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet: means a standardized bracelet as described in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1151.1
• Gaming equipment: means any mechanical, electrical, or other contrivance used to facilitate the risking of loss of anything of value in order to realize a profit. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:7002
• Licensed emergency medical services practitioner: means a licensed emergency medical services practitioner as defined in La. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1151.1
• Livestock: means any animal bred, kept, maintained, raised, or used for show, profit, or for the purpose of selling or otherwise producing crops, animals, or plant or animal products for market. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 3:2130
• Person: includes an individual, partnership, unincorporated association of individuals, joint stock company, or corporation. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 47:7002
• Physician: means a physician or surgeon licensed by the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners or by the official licensing authority of another state. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1151.1
• Qualified patient: means a patient diagnosed and certified in writing as having a terminal and irreversible condition by two physicians who have personally examined the patient, one of whom shall be the attending physician. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1151.1
• Terminal and irreversible condition: means a continual profound comatose state with no reasonable chance of recovery or a condition caused by injury, disease, or illness which, within reasonable medical judgment, would produce death and for which the application of life-sustaining procedures would serve only to postpone the moment of death. See Louisiana Revised Statutes 40:1151.1