La. Stat. tit. 40 § 1159.7 : REVISED STATUTES — PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY —D - HEALTH PROVISIONS: HEALTH CARE — HEALTHCARE CONSUMERS — CONSENT — LOUISIANA MEDICAL CONSENT LAW — Right of adult to refuse treatment as to his own person not abridged TEXT PDF Nothing contained herein shall be construed to abridge any right of a person eighteen years of age or over to refuse to consent to medical or surgical treatment as to his own person. La. R.S. § 40:1159.7 Added by Acts 1975, No. 798, §1; Redesignated from R.S. 40:1299.56 by HCR 84 of 2015 R.S.