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LA Code › Code revised-statutes › Title 40 › Section 13

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A. The governing body of each parish shall provide ample means for the maintenance and operation of its parish health units or departments and for the promotion and conservation of public health. For the purposes of this Title they shall be known as parish health units.

B. If a municipality encompasses an entire parish, the municipal authorities shall, for the purposes of this Part, be known as parish authorities.

Acts 1976, No. 346, §1; Acts 2018, No. 206, §4.

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Expenses of parish health units · La. Rev. Stat. § 40:13 | Frix