{
 "citation": "14:502",
 "heading": "Failure to seek assistance",
 "doc_id": "1106740",
 "source_url": "https://legis.la.gov/legis/Law.aspx?d=1106740",
 "classification": "F",
 "enacted_year": "2019",
 "last_amended_year": "2019",
 "penalties": [
  {
   "subsection": "C(1)",
   "text": "C.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "1Y",
   "hard_labor": "W/WO",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  },
  {
   "subsection": "C(2)",
   "text": "(2) If the serious bodily injury results in the death of the person, any person who violates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars, imprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.",
   "los_min": "0",
   "los_max": "5Y",
   "hard_labor": "W/WO",
   "benefits": "",
   "death": false,
   "condition": ""
  }
 ],
 "referenced_statutes": [],
 "text": "RS 14:502\n\n\u00a7502. Failure to seek assistance\n\nA.(1) Any person at the scene of an emergency who knows that another person has\nsuffered serious bodily injury shall, to the extent that the person can do so without danger or\nperil to self or others, give reasonable assistance to the injured person. Reasonable assistance\nincludes immediately seeking or reporting the need for medical assistance from an\nappropriate authority.\n\n(2) Any person who engages in reckless behavior that results in the serious bodily\ninjury of any person shall, to the extent that the person can do so without danger or peril to\nself or others, give reasonable assistance to the person. Reasonable assistance includes\nimmediately seeking or reporting the need for medical assistance from an appropriate\nauthority.\n\nB. For purposes of this Section:\n\n(1) \"Appropriate authority\" includes:\n\n(a) Any state or local law enforcement agency.\n\n(b) A 911 Public Safety Answering Point as defined in Title 33 of the Louisiana\nRevised Statutes of 1950.\n\n(c) Emergency medical personnel.\n\n(2) \"Reckless behavior\" means an activity or behavior in which a reasonable person\nknew or reasonably should have known that the activity or behavior may result in injury to\nanother, including but not limited to excessive consumption of alcohol, binge drinking, drag\nracing, consumption of any controlled dangerous substance, acts of hazing, or other similar\nactivity, including activity which is defined as a criminal offense under this Title.\n\n(3) Repealed by Acts 2019, No. 2, \u00a73.\n\nC.(1) Except as provided in Paragraph (2) of this Subsection, any person who\nviolates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than one thousand dollars,\nimprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than one year, or both.\n\n(2) If the serious bodily injury results in the death of the person, any person who\nviolates the provisions of this Section shall be fined not more than two thousand dollars,\nimprisoned with or without hard labor for not more than five years, or both.\n\nActs 2018, No. 637, \u00a71; Acts 2019, No. 2, \u00a73."
}