2006 Louisiana Laws - RS 40:2013.3 — Superintendent to furnish report on patient\'s condition
§2013.3. Superintendent to furnish report on patient's condition
Superintendents of all hospitals for the mentally ill administered by the Department of Health and Hospitals are required upon written request of the coroner of the parish from which the patient was committed to furnish a report to the coroner of the patient's condition, showing diagnosis, laboratory findings, treatment prescribed and prognosis; and upon the written request of the attorney of the patient or a near relative shall make the patient's medical record available for inspection by such attorney or relative at such time as may be fixed by the superintendent.
Added by Acts 1958, No. 35, §1. Amended by Acts 1977, No. 680, §24.
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