Louisiana Revised Statutes Tit. 40, § 1151.7. Immunity from liability

A. (1) Any health care facility, physician, or other person acting under the direction of a physician shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability or be deemed to have engaged in unprofessional conduct as a result of the withholding or the withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from a qualified patient who has made a declaration or is wearing a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet in accordance with the provisions of this Subpart.

(2) Any person, health care facility, physician, or other person acting under the direction of a physician who authorizes the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures in accordance with a qualified patient's declaration or do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet, or as otherwise provided in this Subpart shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for such action.

C. (1) Inasmuch as the provisions of this Subpart are declared by the legislature to provide an alternative nonexclusive means by which life-sustaining procedures may be withheld or withdrawn, the provisions of this Section shall apply to any case in which life-sustaining procedures are withheld or withdrawn unless it is shown by a preponderance of the evidence that the person authorizing or effectuating the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures did not, in good faith, comply with the provisions of this Subpart or did not act in good faith compliance with the intention of the terminal and irreversible patient that medical treatment or life-sustaining procedures be withheld or withdrawn.

(2) A declaration made in accordance with this Subpart shall be presumed to have been made voluntarily.

D. (1) A licensed emergency medical services practitioner shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for withholding life-sustaining procedures from a qualified patient who is wearing a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet.

(2) A licensed emergency medical services practitioner shall not be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability for administering life-sustaining procedures to a qualified patient who is not wearing the do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet.