La. Rev. Stat. § 9:132
Liability
Louisiana · Louisiana Revised Statutes Title 9 — Civil Code-Ancillaries · Status: effective
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- La. Rev. Stat. § 9:132, Liability, Louisiana, version 1 as recorded 2026-10-04, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/2645647
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A. No physician, healthcare provider, hospital, in vitro fertilization clinic, laboratory personnel, provider of goods and services, or their agent who participates in the screening, collection, preparation, transfer, analysis, storage, transportation, fertilization, culture, cryopreservation, or any other act typically performed during the in vitro fertilization process of the human embryo fertilized in vitro for transfer to the human uterus shall be subject to criminal prosecution except in cases where acts were made with criminal negligence as defined in R.S. 14:12, or specific or general criminal intent as defined in R.S. 14:10.
B. All civil matters brought against any qualified healthcare provider shall be brought in accordance with the procedures provided by the Louisiana Medical Malpractice Act, R.S. 40:1231.1 et seq. Any civil matter brought against a nonqualified healthcare provider shall be subjected to civil liability based upon the applicable standard of care.