§1300.35. Duty of medical practitioners
A. Any medical practitioner, in discharging his duty to a disabled person whom he
has undertaken to examine or treat, shall make a reasonable search for an identifying device,
and, if the identifying device is found, may make a reasonable search for an identification
card of the type described in Section 1300.33(B).
B. There shall be no cause of action against a medical practitioner for making a
reasonable search of a disabled person to locate an identifying device, and if the identifying
device is found, for making a reasonable search for an identification card of the type
described in Section 1300.33(B).
Added by Acts 1978, No. 399, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.75 by HCR 84
of 2015 R.S.