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Dear Mr. Picard:

You have requested an Attorney General's opinion regarding Louisiana's Safe Haven Law pursuant to LA Ch.C. Art. 1149 et. seq. You have indicated that you are in receipt of correspondence from Prevent Child Abuse Louisiana in which it has considered the Lafayette Marshal's office a police station, therefore determining the marshal's office to be "designated emergency care facility" under LA Ch.C. art 1150(2).

Your question regarding the Louisiana's Safe Haven Law is:

Whether the Lafayette City Marshal's office would be considered a "Designated Emergency Care Facility" as defined…