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2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 16. Health
ARTICLE 36. MEDICAL CONSENT
CHAPTER 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations
16-36-5-26. Effect upon chain of proximate cause
Universal Citation: IN Code § 16-36-5-26 (2017)
IC 16-36-5-26 Effect upon chain of proximate cause
Sec. 26. The act of withholding or withdrawing CPR, when done under:
(1) an out of hospital DNR declaration and order issued under this chapter;
(2) a court order or decision of a court appointed guardian; or
(3) a good faith medical decision by the attending physician that the patient has a terminal illness;
is not an intervening force and does not affect the chain of proximate cause between the conduct of a person that placed the patient in a terminal condition and the patient's death.
As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12.
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