CHC 1562 - Immunity

LA Chil Code 1562 (2018) (N/A)
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Art. 1562. Immunity

No hospital, physician, or other person authorized by law to provide medical or surgical care shall be held liable for providing such care for a terminally ill child protected by this Chapter when both:

(1) In the opinion of the hospital, physician, or other person authorized by law to provide medical or surgical care, exercising competent medical judgment, the child's life would be threatened by delaying the provision of medical care or treatment.

(2) The child's parent or guardian has wrongfully refused to consent to such medical care or treatment.

Acts 1991, No. 235, §15, eff. Jan. 1, 1992.