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2022 Indiana Code
Title 16. Health
Article 36. Medical Consent
Chapter 1.5. Consent for Mental Health Services
16-36-1.5-7. Rebuttable Presumption of Informed Consent
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IN Code § 16-36-1.5-7 (2022)
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Sec. 7. If a patient's written consent is:
(1) signed by the patient or the patient's authorized representative;
(2) witnessed by an individual who is 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;
a rebuttable presumption is created that the consent is an informed consent.
As added by P.L.145-1996, SEC.3.
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