Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 28, § 67. Petition to the court
Current as of January 01, 2019 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
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A petition for an order authorizing involuntary outpatient treatment may be filed in the judicial district in the parish in which the patient is present or reasonably believed to be present. A petition to obtain an order authorizing involuntary outpatient treatment may be initiated by one of the following persons:
(1) The director, administrator, or treating physician of a hospital in which the patient is hospitalized.
(2) The director, administrator, or treating physician of an emergency receiving center in which the patient is receiving services.
(3) The director of the local governing entity, or his designee, in the parish in which the patient is present or reasonably believed to be present.
(4) Any interested person through counsel with written concurrence of the coroner in the jurisdiction in which the person is found.
(5) The Louisiana Department of Health.
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