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2017 Indiana Code
TITLE 16. Health
ARTICLE 36. MEDICAL CONSENT
CHAPTER 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations
16-36-5-27. Destruction of declaration; forgery of revocation
Universal Citation: IN Code § 16-36-5-27 (2017)
IC 16-36-5-27 Destruction of declaration; forgery of revocation
Sec. 27. A person who knowingly or intentionally:
(1) physically cancels or destroys an out of hospital DNR declaration and order without the declarant's consent;
(2) physically cancels or destroys an out of hospital DNR declaration and order without the declarant's representative's consent if the declarant is incompetent; or
(3) falsifies or forges a revocation of another person's out of hospital DNR declaration and order;
commits a Class B misdemeanor.
As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12.
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