Rs 40 1155 4

RS 40:1155.4 - Physician, health care provider, and licensed emergency medical services practitioner responsibility A. Any attending physician who refuses to comply with the provisions of a duly executed LaPOST form executed pursuant to this Subpart shall make a reasonable effort to transfer the patient to another physician. B. No provision of this Subpart imposes a duty upon the physician or health care provider to make a search of whether a patient has executed a LaPOST form. C. If the policies of a health care provider preclude compliance with the LaPOST form executed under this Subpart or preclude compliance with the provisions pertaining to a representative acting on behalf of a patient, then the health care provider shall take all reasonable steps to transfer the patient to a health care provider with which the provisions of this Subpart can be effectuated. D. Licensed emergency medical services practitioners shall make a reasonable effort to detect the presence of an executed LaPOST form. Acts 2010, No. 954, §1; Acts 2012, No. 789, §2, eff. June 13, 2012; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.64.4 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.