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2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 16. Health
ARTICLE 36. MEDICAL CONSENT
CHAPTER 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations
16-36-5-2. "Competent witness"
Universal Citation: IN Code § 16-36-5-2 (2017)
IC 16-36-5-2 "Competent witness"
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "competent witness" means a person at least eighteen (18) years of age who is not:
(1) the person who signed an out of hospital DNR declaration on behalf of and at the direction of the declarant;
(2) a parent, spouse, or child of the declarant;
(3) entitled to any part of the declarant's estate; or
(4) directly financially responsible for the declarant's medical care.
For purposes of subdivision (3), a person is not considered to be entitled to any part of the declarant's estate solely by virtue of being nominated as a personal representative or as the attorney for the estate in the declarant's will.
As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12.
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