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urn: urn:us-la:rs:28:26
citation: "R.S. 28:26"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 28 › Chapter 1 › Part II"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2024, number: 588, section: 1, effective_date: 2024-06-11, role: enactment }
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# Psychiatric facility; forensic facility; prohibitions

A.(1) No forensic psychiatric hospital issued an initial license after August 1, 2024, shall be constructed, located, or established within one thousand feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school or any site on which a public or private elementary or secondary school was formerly located.

(2) This Subsection shall not apply to a forensic psychiatric hospital issued an initial license before August 1, 2024, that seeks to renew its license.

B. Nothing in this Section shall be construed to prohibit a local governing authority from prescribing by rule or ordinance any additional requirements for facilities provided for in Subsection A of this Section.