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Code of Criminal Procedure
Art. 649.1. Prescribed medication; administration
Universal Citation: LA Code Crim Pro art. 649.1 (2019)
When a person is returned to the committing court from an institution pursuant to Article 649 pending a sanity hearing, and the superintendent of the committing institution deems it necessary that the patient receive prescribed medication, it shall be the duty of the chief administrative officer of the parish jail to make such medication available to the person until such time as the coroner or another physician finds that the medication or its prescribed dosage is no longer necessary.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 325, §2.
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