Crowe (SB 307) Act No. 388
Prior law provided that notwithstanding any provisions of the law relative to qualifications
of notaries public, the director of a hospital service district hospital, created pursuant to the
provisions of prior law, may appoint not more than two employees of the hospital as ex
officio notaries public.
New law retains prior law except it removes language referring to type of hospital "created
pursuant to the provisions of R.S. 46:1051 et seq."
Prior law provided that such ex officio notaries may exercise the functions of a notary public
only to administer oaths, receive sworn statements, execute affidavits, acknowledgments,
and other documents, and shall be limited to matters within the official functions of the
hospital.
New law provides that such ex officio notaries may exercise the functions of a notary public
only to administer oaths, receive sworn statements, execute affidavits, and
acknowledgments, and shall be limited to matters within the official business functions of
the hospital.
Effective August 1, 2014.
(Amends R.S. 35:403(A) and (B))