2018 Indiana Code
TITLE 34. Civil Law and Procedure
ARTICLE 18. MEDICAL MALPRACTICE
CHAPTER 12. Liability Based on Breach of Contract; Informed Consent
34-18-12-2. Informed consent; rebuttable presumption

Universal Citation: IN Code § 34-18-12-2 (2018)
IC 34-18-12-2 Informed consent; rebuttable presumption

     Sec. 2. If a patient's written consent is:

(1) signed by the patient or the patient's authorized representative;

(2) witnessed by an individual at least eighteen (18) years of age; and

(3) explained, orally or in the written consent, to the patient or the patient's authorized representative before a treatment, procedure, examination, or test is undertaken;

a rebuttable presumption is created that the consent is an informed consent.

[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-2.]

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

 

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