2014 Louisiana Laws
Revised Statutes
TITLE 40 - Public Health and Safety
RS 40:1299.72 - Definitions

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§1299.72. Definitions

As used in this Part, unless the context clearly requires otherwise:

(1) "Disabled conditions" means the condition of being unconscious, semiconscious, incoherent, or otherwise incapacitated to communicate.

(2) "Disabled person" means a person in a disabled condition.

(3) "Emergency symbol" means the caduceus inscribed within a six-barred cross used by the American medical association to denote emergency information.

(4) "Identifying device" means an identifying bracelet, necklace, metal tag, or similar device bearing the emergency symbol and the information needed in an emergency.

(5) "Medical practitioner" means a person licensed or authorized to practice medicine pursuant to Sections 1261 through 1290 of Title 37 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes.

(6) "Law enforcement officer" means a person authorized to make arrests for violations of any laws.

Added by Acts 1978, No. 399, §1.

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