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La. Rev. Stat. § 9:4232 (2026)
Voluntary arbitration; patient and medical institution
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§4232. Voluntary arbitration; patient and medical institution
A provision in any medical contract between a patient and medical institution, under which the parties agree to settle by arbitration a controversy thereafter arising out of the contract, or out of the refusal to perform the whole or any part thereof, or a provision to submit to arbitration any controversy existing between them at the time of the agreement to submit, shall be valid, irrevocable, and enforceable, save upon such grounds as exist at law or in equity for the revocation of any contract, and except as herein provided.
Added by Acts 1975, No. 371, §1.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1987–1996 · leading case: Ciaccio v. Cazayoux, 519 So. 2d 799 (La. Ct. App. 1987).
Ciaccio v. Cazayoux, 519 So. 2d 799 (La. Ct. App. 1987). “LSA-R.S. 9:4232 provides that: A provision in any medical contract between a patient and medical institution, under which the parties agree to settle by arbitration a controversy thereafter arising out of the contract, or out of the refusal to perform the whole or any part…”
Parker v. St. Tammany Hosp. Serv. Dist., 670 So. 2d 531 (La. Ct. App. 1996). “R.S. 9:4232. If any suit or proceedings be brought upon any issue referable to arbitration under an agreement in writing for arbitration, the court in which suit is pending, upon being satisfied that the issue involved in the suit or proceedings is referable to arbitration under…”
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