RÉSUMÉ DIGEST
ACT 363 (HB 181) 2023 Regular Session DeVillier
Existing law provides that, within 72 hours of admission, a person who is admitted by
emergency certificate to a treatment facility shall be independently examined by the coroner
or his deputy who shall execute an emergency certificate, which shall be a necessary
precondition to the person's continued confinement.
New law provides that a coroner, who is a physician, or his deputy, who is a physician, may
utilize telehealth to conduct the 72-hour independent examination.
Prior law provided that, subject to specific exceptions in existing law, if the original
examination by the coroner is conducted by a psychiatrist via video conferencing technology,
the second examination shall be conducted in person. New law removes the references to
a psychiatrist conducting such examination.
Effective August 1, 2023.
(Amends R.S. 28:53(G)(2) and (J)(3))


Statutes affected:
HB181 Original: 28:53(B)(1)
HB181 Engrossed: 28:53(B)(1)
HB181 Reengrossed: 28:53(B)(1)
HB181 Enrolled: 28:53(G)(2)
HB181 Act : 28:53(G)(2)