2009 Louisiana Laws TITLE 40 Public health and safety :: RS 40:1299.141 Definitions

PART XXXV.  ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME

§1299.141.  Definitions

As used in this Part:

(1)  "AIDS test" means a laboratory test approved by the Department of Health and Hospitals to detect antibodies to the probable causative agent for the disease acquired immune deficiency syndrome.  

(2)  "Autologous donations" means the donation or collection of blood, blood products, or tissue from a patient strictly intended for that patient's own future use.  

(3)  "Health care provider" means a person, partnership, corporation, facility, or institution licensed by the state or federal government to provide health care or professional services as a physician, osteopath, hospital, blood bank or tissue bank and/or an officer, employee, or agent thereof acting in the course and scope of his employment.  

(4)  "Patient" means a natural person who receives health care from a health care provider.  

(5)  A "positive reaction" means a positive AIDS test with a positive confirmatory test, including, but not limited to the western blot.  

Acts 1987, No. 234, §1.