The Department of Public Safety and Corrections in conjunction with the Louisiana Department of Health, through the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans, shall as soon as funds are available establish a diagnostic psychiatric center for delinquent children at the Charity Hospital of Louisiana at New Orleans and shall provide temporary facilities for them when a juvenile judge issues an order for their examination and/or treatment, at the institution, as provided for in R.S. 13:1583. Upon request of the Department of Public Safety and Corrections a court may order such treatment for a juvenile pursuant to R.S. 15:907.
La. R.S. 13:1583.1
Diagnostic psychiatric center and facilities for delinquent juvenile examinations at Charity Hospital
Added by Acts 1974, No. 562, §1
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