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  "title_number": "28",
  "section_number": "104",
  "citation": "R.S. 28:104",
  "heading": "Importation of nonresident psychiatric patients prohibited",
  "text": "A. No person or public carrier shall knowingly import a nonresident psychiatric patient into this state for the purpose of having him committed.\n\nB. Any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined one hundred dollars or imprisoned for sixty days, or both, and the patient shall be removed from the state at the expense of the offending person or public carrier.",
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      "number": "28",
      "name": "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH"
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      "number": "1",
      "name": "BEHAVIORAL HEALTH LAW"
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      "level": "part",
      "number": "IV",
      "name": "TRANSFER, DISCHARGE, LEAVE OF ABSENCE, RETURN OF ESCAPED PATIENTS, BOARDING OUT OF PATIENTS INTERSTATE RENDITION AND DEPORTATION"
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  "breadcrumb": "Title 28 › Chapter 1 › Part IV",
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      "act_year": 2017,
      "act_number": 369,
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  "acts_citations_raw": "Amended by Acts 2017, No. 369, §2.",
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