§1071.6. Obesity; criteria for classification as a disease
The state health officer shall classify obesity as a disease in all cases where the
person's body mass index (BMI) is 30 kg/m2, or where a person's body mass index (BMI) is
27 kg/m2 or greater and the person suffers from one or more of the following conditions or
diseases:
(1) Type II diabetes.
(2) Impaired glucose tolerance.
(3) Hyperinsulinemia.
(4) Dyslipidemia.
(5) Hypertension.
(6) Cardiovascular disease.
(7) Gastric reflux disease.
(8) Gall bladder disease.
(9) Osteoarthritis of the hips or knees.
(10) Sleep apnea.
(11) Cerebrovascular disease.
Added by Acts 1999, No. 1316, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.117 by HCR
84 of 2015 R.S.