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IN Code § 16-36-5-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-15. Form

Sec. 15. An out of hospital DNR declaration and order must be in substantially the following form:OUT OF HOSPITAL DO NOT RESUSCITATE DECLARATION AND ORDERThis declaration and order is effective on the date of execution and remains in effect until the death of the declarant or revocation.OUT OF HOSPITAL DO NOT RESUSCITATE DECLARATIONDeclaration made this ____ day of __________. I, _____________, being of sound mind and at least eighteen (18) years of age, willfully and voluntarily make known my desires that my dying shall not be artificially prolonged under the circumstances set forth below. I declare:My attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant has certified that I am a qualified person, meaning that I have a terminal condition or a medical condition such that, if I suffer cardiac or pulmonary failure, resuscitation would be unsuccessful or within a short period I would experience repeated cardiac or pulmonary failure resulting in death.I direct that, if I experience cardiac or pulmonary failure in a location other than an acute care hospital or a health facility, cardiopulmonary resuscitation procedures be withheld or withdrawn and that I be permitted to die naturally. My medical care may include any medical procedure necessary to provide me with comfort care or to alleviate pain.I understand that I may revoke this out of hospital DNR declaration at any time by a signed and dated writing, by destroying or canceling this document, or by communicating to health care providers at the scene the desire to revoke this declaration.This declaration was signed by me and by the witnesses in compliance with Indiana law and by: [Initial or check only one (1) of the following spaces]__ Signing on paper or electronically in each other's direct physical presence.__ Signing in separate counterparts on paper using two (2) way, real time audiovisual technology.__ Signing electronically using two (2) way, real time audiovisual technology or telephonic interaction.__ Signing in separate counterparts on paper using telephonic interaction between the me (declarant) and all witnesses.I understand the full import of this declaration.
IN Code § 16-36-5-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-16. Copies of Declaration and Order

Sec. 16. Copies of the out of hospital DNR declaration and order must be kept:(1) by the declarant's attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant in the declarant's medical file; and(2) by the declarant or the declarant's representative.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.50-2021, SEC.53.
IN Code § 16-36-5-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-17. Identification Devices

Sec. 17. (a) The emergency medical services commission shall develop an out of hospital DNR identification device that must be:(1) a necklace or bracelet; and(2) inscribed with:(A) the declarant's name;(B) the declarant's date of birth; and(C) the words "Do Not Resuscitate".(b) An out of hospital DNR identification device may be created for a declarant only after an out of hospital DNR declaration and order has been executed by a declarant and an attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant.(c) The device developed under subsection (a) is not a substitute for the out of hospital DNR declaration and order.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.50-2021, SEC.54.
IN Code § 16-36-5-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-18. Revocation

Sec. 18. (a) A declarant may at any time revoke an out of hospital DNR declaration and order by any of the following:(1) A signed, dated writing.(2) Physical cancellation or destruction of the declaration and order by the declarant or another in the declarant's presence and at the declarant's direction.(3) An oral expression by the declarant of intent to revoke.(b) A declarant's representative may revoke an out of hospital DNR declaration and order under this chapter only if the declarant is incompetent.(c) A revocation is effective upon communication to a health care provider.(d) A health care provider to whom the revocation of an out of hospital DNR declaration and order is communicated shall immediately notify the declarant's attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant, if known, of the revocation.(e) An attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant notified of the revocation of an out of hospital DNR declaration and order shall immediately:(1) add the revocation to the declarant's medical file, noting the time, date, and place of revocation, if known, and the time, date, and place that the physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant was notified;(2) cancel the out of hospital DNR declaration and order by entering the word "VOID" on each page of the out of hospital DNR declaration and order in the declarant's medical file; and(3) notify any health care facility staff responsible for the declarant's care of the revocation.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.50-2021, SEC.55.
IN Code § 16-36-5-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-19. Health Care Provider Duties

Sec. 19. (a) A health care provider shall withhold or discontinue CPR to a patient in an out of hospital location if the health care provider has actual knowledge of:(1) an original or a copy of a signed out of hospital DNR declaration and order executed by the patient; or(2) an out of hospital DNR identification device worn by the patient or in the patient's possession.(b) A health care provider shall disregard an out of hospital DNR declaration and order and perform CPR if:(1) the declarant is conscious and states a desire for resuscitative measures;(2) the health care provider believes in good faith that the out of hospital DNR declaration and order has been revoked;(3) the health care provider is ordered by the attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant to disregard the out of hospital DNR declaration and order; or(4) the health care provider believes in good faith that the out of hospital DNR declaration and order must be disregarded to avoid verbal or physical confrontation at the scene.(c) A health care provider transporting a declarant shall document on the transport form:(1) the presence of an out of hospital DNR declaration and order;(2) the attending physician's, advanced practice registered nurse's, or physician assistant's name; and(3) the date the out of hospital DNR declaration and order was signed.(d) An out of hospital DNR identification device must accompany a declarant whenever the declarant is transported.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.50-2021, SEC.56.
IN Code § 16-36-5-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-20. Health Care Provider Liability

Sec. 20. A health care provider who in good faith and in accordance with reasonable medical standards:(1) participates in the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from a declarant:(A) by whom an out of hospital DNR declaration and order has been executed under this chapter; or(B) who has revoked an out of hospital DNR declaration and order when the health care provider has no notice of the revocation; or(2) provides CPR to a declarant:(A) when the health care provider has no notice of the out of hospital DNR declaration and order; or(B) after a revocation of an out of hospital DNR declaration and order;is not subject to criminal or civil liability and may not be found to have committed an act of unprofessional conduct.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12.
IN Code § 16-36-5-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-21. Presumption of Validity

Sec. 21. (a) If a declarant is incompetent at the time of the decision to withhold or withdraw CPR, an out of hospital DNR declaration and order executed under this chapter is presumed to be valid.(b) For purposes of this chapter, a health care provider may presume in the absence of actual notice to the contrary that the declarant was of sound mind when the out of hospital DNR declaration and order was executed.(c) The fact that a declarant executed an out of hospital declaration may not be considered as an indication of the declarant's mental incompetency.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12.
IN Code § 16-36-5-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-22. Petition for Review

Sec. 22. (a) A person may challenge the validity of an out of hospital DNR declaration and order by filing a petition for review in a court in the county in which the declarant resides.(b) A petition filed under subsection (a) must include the name and address of the declarant's attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant.(c) A court in which a petition is filed under subsection (a) may declare an out of hospital DNR declaration and order void if the court finds that the out of hospital DNR declaration and order was executed:(1) when the declarant was incapacitated due to insanity, mental illness, mental deficiency, duress, undue influence, fraud, excessive use of drugs, confinement, or other disability;(2) contrary to the declarant's wishes; or(3) when the declarant was not a qualified person.(d) If a court finds that the out of hospital DNR declaration and order is void, the court shall cause notice of the finding to be sent to the declarant's attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant.(e) Upon notice under subsection (d), the declarant's attending physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant shall follow the procedures under section 18(e) of this chapter.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.50-2021, SEC.57.
IN Code § 16-36-5-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-23. Effect Upon Life Insurance Policies

Sec. 23. (a) A death caused by the withholding or withdrawal of CPR under this chapter does not constitute a suicide.(b) The execution of an out of hospital DNR declaration and order under this chapter does not affect the sale, issuance, or terms of a life insurance policy.(c) A policy of life insurance is not legally impaired or invalidated by the execution of an out of hospital DNR declaration and order or by the withholding or withdrawal of CPR from an insured declarant, notwithstanding any term of the policy to the contrary.(d) An out of hospital DNR declaration and order may not be considered in the establishment of insurance premiums for a declarant.(e) A person may not require another person to execute an out of hospital DNR declaration and order as a condition for being insured for or receiving health care services.(f) This chapter does not impair or supersede any legal right or legal responsibility that a person may have to effect the withholding or withdrawal of CPR in a lawful manner.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12.
IN Code § 16-36-5-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-24. Intent of Person Without Declaration Not Presumed

Sec. 24. This chapter does not create any presumption concerning the intent of a person who has not executed an out of hospital DNR declaration and order to consent to the withholding or withdrawal of CPR if a terminal condition exists, or if a medical condition exists such that the outcome of performing CPR would have the results specified in section 10(2) of this chapter.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12.
IN Code § 16-36-5-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-25. Euthanasia Not Authorized

Sec. 25. This chapter does not authorize euthanasia or any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12.
IN Code § 16-36-5-26 (2021)
2021 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

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, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant 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. Amended by P.L.50-2021, SEC.58.
IN Code § 16-36-5-27 (2021)
2021 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

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.
IN Code § 16-36-5-28 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 5. Out of Hospital Do Not Resuscitate Declarations|16-36-5-28. Deception With Intent to Cause Withholding of Cpr

Sec. 28. (a) A person who knowingly or intentionally:(1) falsifies or forges the out of hospital DNR declaration and order of another person with intent to cause the withholding or withdrawal of CPR; or(2) conceals or withholds personal knowledge of the revocation of an out of hospital DNR declaration and order with intent to cause the withholding or withdrawal of CPR;commits a Level 5 felony.(b) A person who commits an offense described in this section is subject to IC 29-1-2-12.1.As added by P.L.148-1999, SEC.12. Amended by P.L.158-2013, SEC.238.
IN Code § 16-36-6-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 6. Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (Post)|16-36-6-1. "Consent"

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "consent" means authorization to provide, withhold, or withdraw treatment.As added by P.L.164-2013, SEC.8.
IN Code § 16-36-6-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 6. Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (Post)|16-36-6-2. "Declarant"

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "declarant" means a qualified person:(1) who has completed a POST form under section 7(a)(1) of this chapter; or(2) for whom a representative has completed a POST form under section 7(a)(2) of this chapter;and whose treating physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant has executed a POST form under section 8 of this chapter.As added by P.L.164-2013, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.67-2018, SEC.8; P.L.10-2019, SEC.71.
IN Code § 16-36-6-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 6. Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (Post)|16-36-6-4. "Post Form"

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "POST form" refers to a physician order for scope of treatment (POST) form developed by the state department under section 9 of this chapter.As added by P.L.164-2013, SEC.8.
IN Code § 16-36-6-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 6. Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (Post)|16-36-6-5. "Qualified Person"

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "qualified person" refers to an individual who has at least one (1) of the following:(1) An advanced chronic progressive illness.(2) An advanced chronic progressive frailty.(3) A condition caused by injury, disease, or illness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty:(A) there can be no recovery; and(B) death will occur from the condition within a short period without the provision of life prolonging procedures.(4) A medical condition that, if the person were to suffer cardiac or pulmonary failure, resuscitation would be unsuccessful or within a short period the person would experience repeated cardiac or pulmonary failure resulting in death.As added by P.L.164-2013, SEC.8.
IN Code § 16-36-6-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 6. Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (Post)|16-36-6-6. "Representative"

Sec. 6. As used in this chapter, "representative" means an individual described in section 7(a)(2) of this chapter.As added by P.L.164-2013, SEC.8.
IN Code § 16-36-6-6.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 6. Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (Post)|16-36-6-6.5. Application of Chapter

Sec. 6.5. This chapter does not create a duty for a person to perform cardiopulmonary resuscitation on a declarant if the declarant's POST form indicates the declarant is not to be resuscitated.As added by P.L.67-2018, SEC.9.
IN Code § 16-36-6-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 6. Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (Post)|16-36-6-7. Individuals Who May Complete a Post Form; Requirements; Representative Acting in Good Faith

Sec. 7. (a) The following individuals may complete a POST form:(1) A qualified person who is:(A) either:(i) at least eighteen (18) years of age; or(ii) less than eighteen (18) years of age but authorized to consent under IC 16-36-1-3(a)(2) (except under IC 16-36-1-3(a)(2)(E)); and(B) of sound mind.(2) A qualified person's representative, if the qualified person:(A) is less than eighteen (18) years of age and is not authorized to consent under IC 16-36-1-3(a)(2); or(B) has been determined to be incapable of making decisions about the qualified person's health care by a treating physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant acting in good faith and the representative has been:(i) appointed by the individual under IC 16-36-1-7 to serve as the individual's health care representative;(ii) authorized to act under IC 30-5-5-16 and IC 30-5-5-17 as the individual's attorney in fact with authority to consent to or refuse health care for the individual;(iii) appointed by a court as the individual's health care representative under IC 16-36-1-8;(iv) appointed by a court as the guardian of the person with the authority to make health care decisions under IC 29-3; or(v) appointed by the individual under IC 16-36-7 to serve as the individual's health care representative.(b) In order to complete a POST form, a person described in subsection (a) and the qualified person's treating physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant or the physician's, advanced practice registered nurse's, or physician assistant's designee must do the following:(1) Discuss the qualified person's goals and treatment options available to the qualified person based on the qualified person's health.(2) Complete the POST form, to the extent possible, based on the qualified person's preferences determined during the discussion in subdivision (1).(c) When completing a POST form on behalf of a qualified person, a representative shall act:(1) in good faith; and(2) in:(A) accordance with the qualified person's express or implied intentions, if known; or(B) the best interest of the qualified person, if the qualified person's express or implied intentions are not known.(d) A copy of the executed POST form shall be maintained in the qualified person's medical file.As added by P.L.164-2013, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.141-2014, SEC.16; P.L.67-2018, SEC.10; P.L.10-2019, SEC.72; P.L.139-2019, SEC.3; P.L.50-2021, SEC.60.
IN Code § 16-36-6-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 6. Physician Order for Scope of Treatment (Post)|16-36-6-8. Execution of Post Form; Requirements for Post Form to Be Effective; Signature

Sec. 8. (a) A POST form may be executed only by an individual's treating physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant and only if:(1) the treating physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant has determined that:(A) the individual is a qualified person; and(B) the medical orders contained in the individual's POST form are reasonable and medically appropriate for the individual; and(2) the qualified person or representative has completed the POST form in accordance with section 7 of this chapter.(b) A POST form is effective if the following conditions are met:(1) The POST form contains the qualified person's name and code status orders.(2) The treating physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant and the qualified person or representative have signed and dated the POST form.(3) The POST form is in English.(c) A qualified person who is unable to sign the POST form may direct another person, in the presence of the treating physician, advanced practice registered nurse, or physician assistant and the qualified person, to sign the POST form on the qualified person's behalf.As added by P.L.164-2013, SEC.8. Amended by P.L.67-2018, SEC.11; P.L.10-2019, SEC.73.