RS 40:1300.35: Duty of medical practitioners

A. Any medical practitioner, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device, and, if the identifying device is found, may make a reasonable search for an identification card of the type described in Section 1300.33(B).

B. There shall be no cause of action against a medical practitioner for making a reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device, and if the identifying device is found, for making a reasonable search for an identification card of the type described in Section 1300.33(B).