Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 1085.2. Duty to report disease to local health officer

Any physician, midwife, or other person licensed by the state to practice obstetrics or to assist at childbirth, or any physician who attends a child within two weeks after childbirth, shall within six hours after obtaining knowledge of the condition defined in R.S. 40:1085.1 report this condition, as directed by the Louisiana Department of Health, hereinafter referred to as the “department”, to the local health officer at the residence of the mother.