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2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 16. Health
ARTICLE 36. MEDICAL CONSENT
CHAPTER 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations
16-36-5-21. Presumption of validity
Universal Citation: IN Code § 16-36-5-21 (2017)
IC 16-36-5-21 Presumption of validity
Sec. 21. (a) If a declarant is incompetent at the time of the decision to withhold or withdraw CPR, an out of hospital DNR declaration and order executed under this chapter is presumed to be valid.
(b) For purposes of this chapter, a health care provider may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that the declarant was of sound mind when the out of hospital DNR declaration and order was executed.
(c) The fact that a declarant executed an out of hospital declaration may not be considered as an indication of the declarant's mental incompetency.
As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12.
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