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IN Code § 16-36-1.5-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.5. Consent for Mental Health Services|16-36-1.5-2. "Mental Health Provider" Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "mental health provider" means any of the following:(1) A registered nurse or licensed practical nurse licensed under IC 25-23.(2) A clinical social worker licensed under IC 25-23.6-5.(3) A marriage and family therapist licensed under IC 25-23.6-8.(4) A psychologist licensed under IC 25-33.(5) A school psychologist licensed by the Indiana state board of education.(6) An individual who claims to be a mental health provider.As added by P.L.145-1996, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.149-1997, SEC.1; P.L.147-1997, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-36-1.5-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.5. Consent for Mental Health Services|16-36-1.5-3. "Patient" Defined

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "patient" means a person who is the recipient of mental health services.As added by P.L.145-1996, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-36-1.5-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.5. Consent for Mental Health Services|16-36-1.5-4. Mental Health Provider; Consent From Patient Required

Sec. 4. Before providing mental health services, a mental health provider must obtain consent from each patient.As added by P.L.145-1996, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.111-1997, SEC.7; P.L.149-1997, SEC.2; P.L.253-1997(ss), SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-1.5-4.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.5. Consent for Mental Health Services|16-36-1.5-4.5. Physician; Written Consent From Patient Required

Sec. 4.5. Before providing mental health services, a physician who is licensed under IC 25-22.5 must obtain consent from each patient as provided in IC 34-18-12.As added by P.L.149-1997, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.1-1998, SEC.119.
IN Code § 16-36-1.5-5 (2021)
2021 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

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.
IN Code § 16-36-1.5-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.5. Consent for Mental Health Services|16-36-1.5-6. Compliance With Chapter

Sec. 6. In order to comply with this chapter, a mental health provider needs to obtain only one (1) consent for mental health services for a patient while admitted in or treated as an outpatient at the main facility or a clinic of any of the following:(1) A psychiatric hospital (as defined in IC 12-7-2-151).(2) A hospital (as defined in IC 16-18-2-179(b)).(3) A community mental health center (as defined in IC 12-7-2-38).As added by P.L.145-1996, SEC.3. Amended by P.L.149-1997, SEC.5.
IN Code § 16-36-1.5-7 (2021)
2021 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

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.
IN Code § 16-36-1.5-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.5. Consent for Mental Health Services|16-36-1.5-10. Information to Be Provided by Mental Health Provider

Sec. 10. A mental health provider shall inform each patient of the mental health provider about:(1) the mental health provider's training and credentials;(2) the reasonably foreseeable risks and relative benefits of proposed treatments and alternative treatments; and(3) the patient's right to withdraw consent for treatment at any time.As added by P.L.149-1997, SEC.6.
IN Code § 16-36-1.7-0.5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.7. Psychiatric Advance Directives|16-36-1.7-0.5. Inapplicability to Certain Mentally Ill Individuals

Sec. 0.5. This chapter does not apply when an individual is detained or committed under IC 12-26-4, IC 12-26-5, IC 12-26-6, or IC 12-26-7.As added by P.L.16-2004, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-36-1.7-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.7. Psychiatric Advance Directives|16-36-1.7-1. "Psychiatric Advance Directive" Defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "psychiatric advance directive" means a written instrument that expresses the individual's preference and consent to the administration of treatment measures for a specific diagnosis for the care and treatment of the individual's mental illness during subsequent periods of incapacity.As added by P.L.16-2004, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-36-1.7-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.7. Psychiatric Advance Directives|16-36-1.7-2. Requirement to Execute a Directive; Information Required; Compliance

Sec. 2. (a) An individual who has capacity may execute a psychiatric advance directive.(b) The psychiatric advance directive must include the following:(1) The name of the individual entering into the psychiatric advance directive.(2) The name of the treatment program and the sponsoring facility or institution in which the individual is enrolled, if applicable.(3) The name, address, and telephone number of:(A) the individual's treating physician; or(B) other treating mental health personnel.(4) The signature of the individual entering into the psychiatric advance directive.(5) The date on which the individual signed the psychiatric advance directive.(6) The name, address, and telephone number of the designated health care representative.(7) The signature of the psychiatrist treating the individual entering into the psychiatric advance directive, attesting to:(A) the appropriateness of the individual's preferences stated in the psychiatric advance directive; and(B) the capacity of the individual entering into the psychiatric advance directive.(c) The psychiatric advance directive must comply with and is subject to the requirements and provisions of IC 16-36-1.As added by P.L.16-2004, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-36-1.7-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.7. Psychiatric Advance Directives|16-36-1.7-3. Specifications by Individuals

Sec. 3. An individual may specify in the psychiatric advance directive treatment measures, including:(1) admission to an inpatient setting;(2) the administration of prescribed medication:(A) orally; or(B) by injection;(3) physical restraint;(4) seclusion;(5) electroconvulsive therapy; or(6) mental health counseling;for the care and treatment of the individual's mental illness during a period when the individual is incapacitated.As added by P.L.16-2004, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-36-1.7-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.7. Psychiatric Advance Directives|16-36-1.7-4. Liability

Sec. 4. A person who:(1) treats an individual who has executed a psychiatric advance directive; and(2) is not aware that the individual being treated has executed a valid psychiatric advance directive;is not subject to civil or criminal liability based on an allegation that the person did not comply with the psychiatric advance directive.As added by P.L.16-2004, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-36-1.7-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 1.7. Psychiatric Advance Directives|16-36-1.7-5. Treatment by Attending Physician

Sec. 5. This chapter does not preclude an attending physician from treating the patient in a manner that is of the best interest of the patient or another individual.As added by P.L.16-2004, SEC.3.
IN Code § 16-36-2-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 2. Consent to Autopsy|16-36-2-1. Autopsy Defined

Sec. 1. For purposes of this chapter, "autopsy" means the dissection of a dead body for the purpose of ascertaining the cause, seat, and nature of a disease or for the purpose of inquiring into the cause of death.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-1-1.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-2-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 2. Consent to Autopsy|16-36-2-2. Form of Consent

Sec. 2. For the purpose of this chapter, the consent to an autopsy must contain the purpose of and extent of the dissection so authorized and may be obtained only by the use of at least one (1) of the following:(1) A written instrument.(2) A telegram.(3) A witnessed telephone conversation.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-1-2.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-2-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 2. Consent to Autopsy|16-36-2-3. Persons Authorized to Give Consent

Sec. 3. (a) For the purpose of this chapter, consent for a licensed physician to conduct an autopsy of the body of a deceased person is sufficient when given by the following persons if the persons survive the deceased:(1) By the surviving spouse. However, if the deceased and the surviving spouse were legally separated at the date of death, the survivor is not considered a surviving spouse.(2) If there is no surviving spouse, then by any one (1) adult child of the deceased.(3) If there is no surviving spouse or adult child of the deceased, then by one (1) parent of the deceased.(4) If there is no surviving spouse, adult child, or parent and there is an adult who is next of kin of the deceased residing in the county in which the deceased died a resident, then by any one (1) next of kin.(5) If there is no surviving spouse, adult child, parent, or next of kin, then by any person assuming custody of and financial responsibility for the burial of the body.(b) If there is more than one (1) person authorized to consent, consent of one (1) of the persons is sufficient.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-1-4 part.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-2-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 2. Consent to Autopsy|16-36-2-4. Conclusiveness of Consent

Sec. 4. Consent to an autopsy in accordance with this chapter is conclusive as to any rights in the body of a deceased person as against any claim by any other person, but only for the purpose of performing the autopsy.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-1-5.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-2-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 2. Consent to Autopsy|16-36-2-5. Effect of Chapter on Other Laws

Sec. 5. This chapter supplements the laws concerning autopsies and does not do any of the following:(1) Repeal, modify, or amend laws concerning autopsies.(2) Require consent for a coroner to perform an autopsy in the discharge of the coroner's duties.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-1-6.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-3-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 3. Consent to Medical Treatment of Incompetent|16-36-3-1. Appropriate Facility Defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "appropriate facility" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2-82(3).[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-1(a).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-3-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 3. Consent to Medical Treatment of Incompetent|16-36-3-2. Superintendent Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "superintendent" has the meaning set forth in IC 12-7-2-188(3).[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-1(b).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-3-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 3. Consent to Medical Treatment of Incompetent|16-36-3-3. Methods of Consent

Sec. 3. The methods of consent set forth in this chapter do not exclude other lawful methods of consent or require consent in an emergency.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-2.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-3-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 3. Consent to Medical Treatment of Incompetent|16-36-3-4. Consent by Superintendent of Facility

Sec. 4. Consent to medical or surgical treatment of a patient at an appropriate facility may be given by the superintendent under the procedures in this chapter.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-3(a).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-3-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 3. Consent to Medical Treatment of Incompetent|16-36-3-5. Second Medical Opinion

Sec. 5. If the superintendent and the patient's treating physician determine that:(1) the patient is incompetent to give informed consent to medical or surgical treatment, even though the patient has never been so adjudicated by a court; and(2) the treatment is medically necessary;the superintendent shall obtain a second opinion on the issues listed in subdivisions (1) and (2) from a licensed physician independent of the appropriate facility.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-3(b).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-3-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 3. Consent to Medical Treatment of Incompetent|16-36-3-6. Second Opinion Specialist List

Sec. 6. In obtaining a second opinion as required by section 5 of this chapter, the superintendent shall compile a list of licensed physicians, organized by specialty. The superintendent must use an appropriate specialist from the list whenever possible. The physician chosen to give a second opinion must not be the same physician later chosen to perform the surgery that was the subject of the second opinion, unless an emergency exists.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-3(c).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-3-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 3. Consent to Medical Treatment of Incompetent|16-36-3-7. Notice to Relatives or Friends of Patient

Sec. 7. The superintendent shall attempt to notify by certified mail any known relatives or friends of the patient of the patient's condition, the treatment determined to be necessary by the superintendent and the treating physician, and the result of the independent second opinion. To the extent possible given the urgency of the circumstances, the superintendent shall allow a reasonable time within which to receive responses of persons notified and shall consider the responses received before taking final action.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-3(d).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-3-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 3. Consent to Medical Treatment of Incompetent|16-36-3-8. Concurring Second Opinion; Procedure

Sec. 8. If the superintendent has followed the procedures in sections 4, 5, 6, and 7 of this chapter and the second opinion obtained under section 5 of this chapter concurs with the original determination of the superintendent and the patient's treating physician, the superintendent may give consent to the medical or surgical treatment of the patient.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-3(e).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-3-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 3. Consent to Medical Treatment of Incompetent|16-36-3-9. Superintendent Immune From Liability

Sec. 9. A superintendent who, without malice, bad faith, or negligence, discloses confidential information in connection with the superintendent's compliance with section 7 of this chapter or consents to medical or surgical treatment of a patient after following the procedures required by this chapter is immune from any civil or criminal liability that might otherwise be imposed as a result of disclosing confidential information or giving or withholding the consent.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-3(f).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-3-10 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 3. Consent to Medical Treatment of Incompetent|16-36-3-10. Report of Medical Treatments Approved

Sec. 10. The superintendent shall compile a report of all medically necessary treatments approved under this chapter during each calendar quarter and send the report to the director of the division of mental health and addiction or the director of the division of disability and rehabilitative services not more than one (1) month after the end of that quarter. The report must contain the following information:(1) The name of the patient.(2) The type of action taken.(3) The date of the action.(4) The reason for the action.(5) The names of the treating physician, the physician independent of the appropriate facility, and any other physician who entered an opinion that was contrary to the treating physician's opinion.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-3(g).]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.40-1994, SEC.65; P.L.215-2001, SEC.83; P.L.141-2006, SEC.89.
IN Code § 16-36-4-0.1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 4. Living Wills and Life Prolonging Procedures|16-36-4-0.1. Application of Certain Amendments to Chapter

Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to sections 1, 10, and 13 of this chapter by P.L.99-1994 do not apply to a living will declaration executed before July 1, 1994.As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.315.
IN Code § 16-36-4-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 4. Living Wills and Life Prolonging Procedures|16-36-4-2. Life Prolonging Procedures Will Declarant Defined

Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, "life prolonging procedures will declarant" means a person who has executed a life prolonging procedures will declaration under section 11 of this chapter.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-5.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-4-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 4. Living Wills and Life Prolonging Procedures|16-36-4-3. Living Will Declarant Defined

Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, "living will declarant" means a person who has executed a living will declaration under section 10 of this chapter.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-6.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-4-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 4. Living Wills and Life Prolonging Procedures|16-36-4-4. Qualified Patient Defined

Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, "qualified patient" means a patient who has been certified as a qualified patient under section 13 of this chapter.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-8.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-4-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 4. Living Wills and Life Prolonging Procedures|16-36-4-5. Terminal Condition Defined

Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, "terminal condition" means a condition caused by injury, disease, or illness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty:(1) there can be no recovery; and(2) death will occur from the terminal condition within a short period of time without the provision of life prolonging procedures.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-9.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-4-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 4. Living Wills and Life Prolonging Procedures|16-36-4-6. Policy

Sec. 6. A competent adult has the right to control the decisions relating to the competent adult's medical care, including the decision to have medical or surgical means or procedures calculated to prolong the competent adult's life provided, withheld, or withdrawn.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-1.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
IN Code § 16-36-4-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 16. Health|Article 36. Medical Consent|Chapter 4. Living Wills and Life Prolonging Procedures|16-36-4-7. Consent to Medical Treatment; Immunity From Liability for Failure to Treat Patient After Refusal of Treatment

Sec. 7. (a) A competent person may consent to or refuse consent for medical treatment, including life prolonging procedures.(b) No health care provider is required to provide medical treatment to a patient who has refused medical treatment under this section.(c) No civil or criminal liability is imposed on a health care provider for the failure to provide medical treatment to a patient who has refused the treatment in accordance with this section.[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-10.]As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.