{"data":{"id":"us-la/rs-40-1155.4","jurisdiction":"us-la","citation":"RS 40:1155.4","heading":"Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services practitioner responsibility","body":"A. Any attending physician who refuses to comply with the provisions of a duly executed LaPOST form executed pursuant to this Subpart shall make a reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another physician.\nB. No provision of this Subpart imposes a duty upon the physician or health care provider to make a search of whether a patient has executed a LaPOST form.\nC. If the policies of a health care provider preclude compliance with the LaPOST form executed under this Subpart or preclude compliance with the provisions pertaining to a representative acting on behalf of a patient, then the health care provider shall take all reasonable steps to transfer the patient to a health care provider with which the provisions of this Subpart can be effectuated.\nD. Licensed emergency medical services practitioners shall make a reasonable effort to detect the presence of an executed LaPOST form.","path":["TITLE 40. PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY"],"source_url":"https://www.legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=964689","current_through":"2025 First Extraordinary Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:00:45Z","sha256":"8ee5099d9cb4b6d0ebaea58d4010cf6d5284896fc53b0dca3825af67552ca5ca","source_id":"us-la","stale":false,"prev":"us-la/rs-40-1155.3","next":"us-la/rs-40-1155.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}