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2023 Indiana Code
Title 16. Health
Article 36. Medical Consent
Chapter 1.5. Consent for Mental Health Services
16-36-1.5-5. Consent by Mentally Incompetent Patient

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IN Code § 16-36-1.5-5 (2023)
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Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a patient who:

(1) receives mental health services; and

(2) is mentally incompetent.

(b) A patient described in subsection (a) shall provide consent for mental health treatment through the informed consent of one (1) of the following:

(1) The patient's legal guardian or other court appointed representative.

(2) The patient's health care representative under IC 16-36-1.

(3) An attorney in fact for health care appointed under IC 30-5-5-16.

(4) The patient's health care representative acting in accordance with the patient's psychiatric advance directive as expressed in a psychiatric advance directive executed under IC 16-36-1.7.

(5) The patient's health care representative conferred under IC 16-36-7.

As added by P.L.145-1996, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.149-1997, SEC.4; P.L.16-2004, SEC.2; P.L.50-2021, SEC.38.

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