2017 Louisiana Laws
Children's Code
CHC 1150 - Definitions
Art. 1150. Definitions
As used in this Chapter:
(1) "Department" means the Department of Children and Family Services.
(2) "Designated emergency care facility" means any hospital licensed in the state of Louisiana, any public health unit, any emergency medical service provider, any medical clinic, any fire station, any police station, any crisis pregnancy center, or any child advocacy center.
(3) "Infant" means a child not previously subjected to abuse or neglect, who is not more than sixty days old as determined within a reasonable degree of medical certainty by an examining physician.
(4) "Relinquish" or "relinquishment" of an infant means to give over possession or control of him by a parent to another in compliance with this Chapter, with the settled intent to forego all parental responsibilities.
Acts 2003, No. 609, §2; Acts 2009, No. 284, §1, eff. July 1, 2009; Acts 2013, No. 186, §1; Acts 2016, No. 80, §3.
