PART II. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE COVERAGE
§1233.1. State hospitals; medical malpractice coverage
Each state owned or state operated hospital in Louisiana may provide medical
malpractice coverage to medical doctors, dentists and professional nurses who are employed
by such hospital or who donate services free of charge to such hospital or who have personal
services contracts with such hospital to provide medical services. Such coverage shall only
apply to those claims arising from services rendered by such medical doctors, dentists or
professional nurses as a direct result of such employment, donation of services or contract
for services. For the purposes of this Part the term "medical doctor" shall mean any person
holding a valid certificate to practice medicine issued pursuant to R.S. 37:1273; the term
"dentist" shall mean any person holding a valid certificate to practice dentistry issued
pursuant to R.S. 37:751 through R.S. 37:763; the term "professional nurse" shall mean any
person holding a valid certificate to practice nursing pursuant to R.S. 37:921, R.S. 37:971
or R.S. 37:972.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 477, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.37 by HCR 84
of 2015 R.S.