Louisiana Children's Code Tit. VIII, Art. 869.1. Appointment of sanity commission; qualifications

A. (1) Within seven days after a mental examination is ordered, the court shall appoint a sanity commission to examine and report upon the mental condition of the child. The sanity commission shall consist of at least two and not more than three physicians. Not more than one member of the commission shall be the coroner or any one of his deputies. The court may appoint, in lieu of one physician, a psychologist.

(2) Every person appointed to the commission shall be licensed in his field in Louisiana, have been in the actual practice of medicine or clinical or counseling psychology for not less than three consecutive years immediately preceding the appointment, have expertise in child development specific to severe chronic disability of children attributable to intellectual impairment, and be qualified by training or experience in forensic evaluation of children.

(3) The order appointing the sanity commission shall set the time and date of the contradictory hearing within sixty days if the child is in a secure detention facility and otherwise within seventy-five days.