PART IV. THE RIGHT TO ADVERTISE
§1721. Restrictions on advertising reserved to legislature
No state board, commission, department, bureau, or similar agency of the state
regulating the practice of a trade or profession and exercising rulemaking powers shall make
any rule or regulation which limits or restricts the right to advertise, provided that this
Section shall not apply to any board, commission, department, bureau, or similar agency of
the state created and regulated under the rulemaking power of the Supreme Court of
Louisiana or to the Louisiana State Board of Medical Examiners, the Louisiana State Board
of Barber Examiners, the Louisiana State Board of Dentistry, the State Board of Certified
Public Accountants of Louisiana, Louisiana Board of Pharmacy, the Louisiana Board of
Chiropractic Examiners, the Louisiana Board of Veterinary Medicine, and the Louisiana
State Board of Optometry Examiners, and further provided that nothing herein contained
shall be construed to prevent the prohibition of false or misleading advertising by any board,
commission, department, bureau, or similar agency of the state. The right to regulate
advertising except as herein provided is reserved to the legislature.
Added by Acts 1960, No. 369. Acts 1989, No. 678, §1; Acts 1991, No. 77, §1; Acts
2018, No. 206, §3.