Louisiana Administrative Code
Title 48 - PUBLIC HEALTH-GENERAL
Part V - Preventive Health Services
Subpart 7 - Maternal and Child Health Services
Chapter 25 - Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS)
Section V-2501 - General Administration
Universal Citation: LA Admin Code V-2501
Current through Register Vol. 50, No. 9, September 20, 2024
A. Administration
1. This program exists
primarily to monitor compliance with
R.S.33:1561, R.S. 33:1561.3, and
R.S.
40:56 which mandate the following:
a. coroners must clearly state cause of death
as "Sudden Infant Death Syndrome" where the findings so warrant and within 48
hours of such findings notify the director of the local parish health unit of
this provisional diagnosis;
b. the
director of the parish health unit or his agent, after consultation with the
infant's physician, shall, within 48 hours contact the person or persons who
had custody and control of the infant and explain the nature and cause of SIDS
to the extent current knowledge permits; and
c. to ensure that the provisional cause of
death as SIDS is verified, autopsies shall be performed whenever the cause of
death of an infant is unexpected and without explanation.
2. The coordination of the SIDS Program is
under the direction of OPPHS Medical Social Services.
B. Eligibility. Parents of children who are identified as victims of SIDS deaths in Louisiana are eligible for these services.
C. Purpose. The goals of the SIDS program are:
1. to provide early
clarification of the cause of death so as to alleviate parental/familial guilt
and thereby diminish as much as possible the usual long term trauma resulting
from SIDS;
2. to provide
educational materials to parents and the community at large regarding SIDS,
with special focus on training persons who are most likely to have contact with
persons experiencing SIDS; e.g., emergency medical units, bereavement groups,
etc;
3. to make appropriate
referrals of SIDS families to prevent family breakdown and/or psychological
imbalance of any severe/long term nature often associated with the experience
of SIDS; and
4. to provide
counseling, whenever possible, especially in those geographical areas where
other resources are not available.
In addition to the above, statistics are complied in a central register to monitor the profile of SIDS families in Louisiana and to establish a base of data available for research relative to this population.
AUTHORITY NOTE: Promulgated in accordance with R.S. 33:1561, R.S. 33:1561.3 and R. S. 40:56.
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