Louisiana § RS 37:1743 - Prohibition on direct solicitations
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 37:1743 — Prohibition on direct solicitations, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 37:1743. Prohibition on direct solicitations
A. A health care provider or person designated, contracted, or paid by the health care provider, shall not directly solicit by phone or mail, patients or potential patients who, because of their particular circumstances, are vulnerable to undue influence. Circumstances in which patients or potential patients may be considered to be vulnerable to undue influence include but are not limited to:
(1) When a person is known to the health care provider to have recently been involved in a motor vehicle accident.
(2) When a person is known to the health care provider to have recently been involved in a work-related accident.
(3) When a person is known to the health care provider to have recently been injured by another person or as a result of another person's actions.
B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit advertising, except that which is false, misleading, or deceptive, nor to prohibit outreach services for prenatal, postpartal, child health care, and communicable disease control.
C. As used in this Section "health care provider" means any "health care provider" as defined in R.S. 40:1231.1.
Acts 1991, No. 707, §1; Acts 1993, No. 657, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §3.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
Frequently Asked Questions About Louisiana § RS 37:1743
What does Louisiana Civil Code § RS 37:1743 cover?
Section RS 37:1743 ("Prohibition on direct solicitations") is part of the Louisiana Civil Code, the codified statutory law of Louisiana. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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