LA · rules
La. Child. Code art. 1427
Authority to transport and detain
A. An emergency certificate shall constitute legal authority to transport a patient to a treatment facility and shall permit the director of such treatment facility to detain the minor patient for diagnosis and treatment for a period not to exceed fifteen days, and to return him to the facility if he is absent with or without permission during authorized periods of detention.
B. If necessary, peace officers shall apprehend and transport, or ambulance services, under appropriate circumstances, may locate and transport a minor patient on whom an emergency certificate has been completed to a treatment facility at the request of either the director of the facility, the certifying physician, the minor's next of kin or tutor, or the agency legally responsible for his welfare.
C.(1) In addition to other persons authorized by this Article to transport to a treatment facility a child in whose name an emergency certificate has been issued, any of the following persons may also accompany the child during transportation:
(a) A parent, including a foster caregiver, subject to the conditions of Subparagraph (2) of this Paragraph.
(b) A legal guardian.
(c) A Department of Children and Family Services case worker.
(2) A biological parent of a child in foster care shall accompany the child only if approved by the Department of Children and Family Services.
History
Acts 1991, No. 235, §14, eff. Jan. 1, 1992; Acts 2016, No. 642, §1; Acts 2026, No. 139, §1.
Provenance
- Source
- legis.la.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-15
- Edition
- 2026-09-15
- Content hash
853d59a851ef608d0ba38f99ba0eb5e31b23de6f2b917b5cc512a080596613ba
The link goes to the issuing authority’s own document — the one we read to produce this record. Where a source publishes whole titles rather than sections, your browser may need a moment to jump to the provision.
Unofficial copy of government-published law, reproduced from official sources with full provenance. Not an official publication; verify against official sources before relying on it in a filing. Records in the 'guidance' corpus, and only that corpus, are sub-regulatory (interpretive guidelines, survey procedures) and are not binding law. Validity bounds follow each jurisdiction's declared temporalBasis.