Price v. City of Bossier

[NORRIS, Judge,

dissenting.

I respectfully dissent. The instant petition asserts procedural violations of the State *1229Drug Testing Law, R.S. 49:1001-1015, and not substantive medical malpractice claims. Overall, I do not see what purpose a medical review panel would serve in this case; there is no standard of care to be determined. In particular, there are several crucial points which bring this claim out of the ambit of the Medical Malpractice Act, R.S. 40:1299.41, et seq.(1) Ms. Price was not a patient of Dr. Mazzanti’s or of Bossier Medical Center’s with respect to the drug test. Medical…