2011 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 14 — Criminal law
RS 14:403.6 — Reporting of neglect or abuse of animals
§403.6. Reporting of neglect or abuse of animals
A. Any state or local law enforcement officer, or any employee of government or of a government contractor who in his professional capacity routinely investigates alleged abuse or neglect or sexual abuse of a child, or abuse or neglect of an adult under the provisions of R.S. 15:1507, who becomes aware of evidence of neglect or abuse of an animal.
B. No person required to report under the provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall knowingly and willfully obstruct the procedures for receiving and investigating a report of abuse or neglect or shall disclose, without authorization, confidential information which was reported.
C. No person shall make a report required by this Section knowing that any information therein is false.
Acts 2001, No. 1136, §1; Acts 2010, No. 861, §6.
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