Louisiana § RS 40:1151.8 - Penalties
Full text of Louisiana Louisiana Civil Code § RS 40:1151.8 — Penalties, with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ RS 40:1151.8. Penalties
A. Any person who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, obliterates, or damages the declaration of another, including the removal of a do-not-resuscitate identification bracelet, without such declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation or the declaration of another shall be civilly liable.
B. Any person who falsifies or forges the declaration of another or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation of a declaration with the intent to cause the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures contrary to the wishes of the declarant, and thereby because of such act directly causes life-sustaining procedures to be withheld or withdrawn and death thereby to be hastened may be subject to prosecution under Title 14 of the Louisiana Revised Statutes of 1950.
Acts 1984, No. 382, §1; Acts 1999, No. 641, §1, eff. July 1, 1999; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.58.9 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.
Source: official Louisiana text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section RS 40:1151.8 ("Penalties") 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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