La. Admin. Code tit. 48 § I-401

Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 11, November 20, 2024

Section I-401 - Conditions that Shall Deem an Unborn Child "Medically Futile"

A. Pursuant to Act 545 of the 2022 regular session of the Louisiana Legislature, the Department of Health establishes the following exclusive list of anomalies, diseases, disorders, and other conditions that shall deem an unborn child "medically futile" for purposes of R.S. Title 14, Chapter 1, Part V, Subpart A:

1. achondrogenesis;

2. acrania;

3. anencephaly;

4. arcadia;

5. body stalk anomaly;

6. campomelic dysplasia;

7. craniorachischisis;

8. dysencephalia splanchnocystica (Meckel-Gruber syndrome);

9. ectopia cordis;

10. exencephaly;

11. gestational trophoblastic neoplasia;

12. holoprosencephaly;

13. hydrops fetalis;

14. iniencephaly;

15. perinatal hypophosphatasia;

16. osteogenesis imperfecta (type 2);

17. renal agenesis (bilateral);

18. short rib polydactyly syndrome;

19. sirenomelia;

20. thanatophoric dysplasia;

21. triploidy;

22. trisomy 13;

23. trisomy 16 (full);

24. trisomy 18;

25. trisomy 22; and

26. a profound and irremediable congenital or chromosomal anomaly existing in the unborn child that is incompatible with sustaining life after birth in reasonable medical judgment as certified by two physicians that are licensed to practice in the state of Louisiana.

La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-401

Promulgated by the Department of Health, Office of Public Health, LR 482073, Promulgated by the Department of Health, Office of Public Health, LR 49218, Amended LR 491223 (7/1/2023).

AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 14:87.1