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TITLE 16. Health
ARTICLE 36. MEDICAL CONSENT
CHAPTER 1. Health Care Consent
16-36-1-4. Incapacity to consent; invalid consent
Universal Citation: IN Code § 16-36-1-4 (2017)
IC 16-36-1-4 Incapacity to consent; invalid consent
Sec. 4. (a) An individual described in section 3 of this chapter may consent to health care unless, in the good faith opinion of the attending physician, the individual is incapable of making a decision regarding the proposed health care.
(b) A consent to health care under section 5, 6, or 7 of this chapter is not valid if the health care provider has knowledge that the individual has indicated contrary instructions in regard to the proposed health care, even if the individual is believed to be incapable of making a decision regarding the proposed health care at the time the individual indicates contrary instructions.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-12-3.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
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