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IN Code § 34-18-10-14 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-14. Sanction for Failure to Act as Required by Chapter

Sec. 14. A party, attorney, or panelist who fails to act as required by this chapter without good cause shown is subject to mandate or appropriate sanctions upon application to the court designated in the proposed complaint as having jurisdiction.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-14.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-15 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-15. Removal of Chairman

Sec. 15. (a) The commissioner may remove the chairman of the panel if the commissioner determines that the chairman is not fulfilling the duties imposed upon the chairman by this chapter.(b) If the chairman is removed under this section, a new chairman shall be selected under this chapter.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-15.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-16 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-16. Removal of Panel Member

Sec. 16. (a) The chairman may remove a member of the panel if the chairman determines that the member is not fulfilling the duties imposed upon the panel members by this chapter.(b) If a member is removed under this section, a new member shall be selected under this chapter.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-16.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-17 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-17. Evidence; Oath

Sec. 17. (a) The evidence in written form to be considered by the medical review panel shall be promptly submitted by the respective parties.(b) The evidence may consist of medical charts, x-rays, lab tests, excerpts of treatises, depositions of witnesses including parties, and any other form of evidence allowable by the medical review panel.(c) Depositions of parties and witnesses may be taken before the convening of the panel.(d) The chairman shall ensure that before the panel gives its expert opinion under section 22 of this chapter, each panel member has the opportunity to review every item of evidence submitted by the parties.(e) Before considering any evidence or deliberating with other panel members, each member of the medical review panel shall take an oath in writing on a form provided by the panel chairman, which must read as follows:"I (swear) (affirm) under penalties of perjury that I will well and truly consider the evidence submitted by the parties; that I will render my opinion without bias, based upon the evidence submitted by the parties, and that I have not and will not communicate with any party or representative of a party before rendering my opinion, except as authorized by law.".[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-17.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-18 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-18. Communication With Panel by Parties or Their Agents Prohibited

Sec. 18. Neither a party, a party's agent, a party's attorney, nor a party's insurance carrier may communicate with any member of the panel, except as authorized by law, before the giving of the panel's expert opinion under section 22 of this chapter.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-18.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-19 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-19. Preparation of Opinion by Chairman

Sec. 19. The chairman of the panel shall advise the panel relative to any legal question involved in the review proceeding and shall prepare the opinion of the panel as provided in section 22 of this chapter.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-19.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-20 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-20. Convening and Questioning of Panel

Sec. 20. (a) Either party, after submission of all evidence and upon ten (10) days notice to the other side, has the right to convene the panel at a time and place agreeable to the members of the panel. Either party may question the panel concerning any matters relevant to issues to be decided by the panel before the issuance of the panel's report.(b) The chairman of the panel shall preside at all meetings. Meetings shall be informal.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-20.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-21 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-21. Duties of Panel in Conduct of Inquiry; Access to Information

Sec. 21. (a) The panel has the right and duty to request all necessary information.(b) The panel may consult with medical authorities.(c) The panel may examine reports of other health care providers necessary to fully inform the panel regarding the issue to be decided.(d) Both parties shall have full access to any material submitted to the panel.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-21.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-22 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-22. Expert Opinions

Sec. 22. (a) The panel has the sole duty to express the panel's expert opinion as to whether or not the evidence supports the conclusion that the defendant or defendants acted or failed to act within the appropriate standards of care as charged in the complaint.(b) After reviewing all evidence and after any examination of the panel by counsel representing either party, the panel shall, within thirty (30) days, give one (1) or more of the following expert opinions, which must be in writing and signed by the panelists:(1) The evidence supports the conclusion that the defendant or defendants failed to comply with the appropriate standard of care as charged in the complaint.(2) The evidence does not support the conclusion that the defendant or defendants failed to meet the applicable standard of care as charged in the complaint.(3) There is a material issue of fact, not requiring expert opinion, bearing on liability for consideration by the court or jury.(4) The conduct complained of was or was not a factor of the resultant damages. If so, whether the plaintiff suffered:(A) any disability and the extent and duration of the disability; and(B) any permanent impairment and the percentage of the impairment.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-22.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-23 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-23. Report of Panel as Evidence at Trial; Members as Witnesses

Sec. 23. A report of the expert opinion reached by the medical review panel is admissible as evidence in any action subsequently brought by the claimant in a court of law. However, the expert opinion is not conclusive, and either party, at the party's cost, has the right to call any member of the medical review panel as a witness. If called, a witness shall appear and testify.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-23.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-24 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-24. Immunity From Civil Liability

Sec. 24. A panelist has absolute immunity from civil liability for all communications, findings, opinions, and conclusions made in the course and scope of duties prescribed by this article.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-24.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-10-25 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-25. Compensation of Members

Sec. 25. (a) Each health care provider member of the medical review panel is entitled to be paid:(1) up to five hundred dollars ($500) for all work performed as a member of the panel, exclusive of time involved if called as a witness to testify in court; and(2) reasonable travel expense.(b) The chairman of the panel is entitled to be paid:(1) at the rate of two hundred fifty dollars ($250) per diem, not to exceed two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500); and(2) reasonable travel expenses.(c) The chairman shall keep an accurate record of the time and expenses of all the members of the panel. The record shall be submitted to the parties for payment with the panel's report.(d) Fees of the panel, including travel expenses and other expenses of the review, shall be paid by the side in whose favor the majority opinion is written. If there is no majority opinion, each side shall pay fifty percent (50%) of the cost.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-25.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13. Amended by P.L.111-1998, SEC.13; P.L.182-2016, SEC.8.
IN Code § 34-18-10-26 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 10. Medical Review Panel|34-18-10-26. Copies of Reports

Sec. 26. The chairman shall submit a copy of the panel's report to:(1) the commissioner; and(2) all parties and attorneys;by registered or certified mail within five (5) days after the panel gives its opinion.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-10-26.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-11-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 11. Preliminary Determination of Affirmative Defense or Issue of Law or Fact; Discovery|34-18-11-1. Discovery; Preliminary Rulings

Sec. 1. (a) A court having jurisdiction over the subject matter and the parties to a proposed complaint filed with the commissioner under this article may, upon the filing of a copy of the proposed complaint and a written motion under this chapter, do one (1) or both of the following:(1) preliminarily determine an affirmative defense or issue of law or fact that may be preliminarily determined under the Indiana Rules of Procedure; or(2) compel discovery in accordance with the Indiana Rules of Procedure.(b) The court has no jurisdiction to rule preliminarily upon any affirmative defense or issue of law or fact reserved for written opinion by the medical review panel under IC 34-18-10-22(b)(1), IC 34-18-10-22(b)(2), and IC 34-18-10-22(b)(4).(c) The court has jurisdiction to entertain a motion filed under this chapter only during that time after a proposed complaint is filed with the commissioner under this article but before the medical review panel gives the panel's written opinion under IC 34-18-10-22.(d) The failure of any party to move for a preliminary determination or to compel discovery under this chapter before the medical review panel gives the panel's written opinion under IC 34-18-10-22 does not constitute the waiver of any affirmative defense or issue of law or fact.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-11-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-11-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 11. Preliminary Determination of Affirmative Defense or Issue of Law or Fact; Discovery|34-18-11-2. Invoking Jurisdiction of the Court; Issuance of Summons

Sec. 2. (a) A party to a proceeding commenced under this article, the commissioner, or the chairman of a medical review panel, if any, may invoke the jurisdiction of the court by paying the statutory filing fee to the clerk and filing a copy of the proposed complaint and motion with the clerk.(b) The filing of a copy of the proposed complaint and motion with the clerk confers jurisdiction upon the court over the subject matter and the parties to the proceeding for the limited purposes stated in this chapter, including the taxation and assessment of costs or the allowance of expenses, including reasonable attorney's fees, or both.(c) The moving party or the moving party's attorney shall cause as many summonses as are necessary to be issued by the clerk and served on the commissioner, each nonmoving party to the proceedings, and the chairman of the medical review panel, if any, unless the commissioner or the chairman is the moving party, together with a copy of the proposed complaint and a copy of the motion under Rules 4 through 4.17 of the Indiana Rules of Trial Procedure.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-11-2.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-11-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 11. Preliminary Determination of Affirmative Defense or Issue of Law or Fact; Discovery|34-18-11-3. Time for Reply to Motion; Rulings

Sec. 3. (a) Each nonmoving party to the proceeding, including the commissioner and the chairman of the medical review panel, if any, shall have a period of twenty (20) days after service, or a period of twenty-three (23) days after service if service is by mail, to appear and file and serve a written response to the motion, unless the court, for cause shown, orders the period enlarged.(b) The court shall enter a ruling on the motion:(1) within thirty (30) days after the motion is heard; or(2) if no hearing is requested, granted or ordered, within thirty (30) days after the date on which the last written response to the motion is filed.(c) The court shall order the clerk to serve a copy of the court's ruling on the motion by ordinary mail on the commissioner, each party to the proceeding, and the chairman of the medical review panel, if any.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-11-3.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-11-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 11. Preliminary Determination of Affirmative Defense or Issue of Law or Fact; Discovery|34-18-11-4. Stay of Proceedings

Sec. 4. Upon the filing of a copy of the proposed complaint and motion with the clerk of the court, all further proceedings before the medical review panel shall be stayed automatically until the court has entered a ruling on the motion.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-11-4.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-11-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 11. Preliminary Determination of Affirmative Defense or Issue of Law or Fact; Discovery|34-18-11-5. Enforcement

Sec. 5. The court may enforce its ruling on any motion filed under this chapter in accordance with the Indiana Rules of Procedure, subject to the right of appeal.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-11-5.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-12-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 12. Liability Based on Breach of Contract; Informed Consent|34-18-12-1. Health Care Provider Liability; Actions Based on Breach of Contract

Sec. 1. Liability may not be imposed on a health care provider on the basis of an alleged breach of contract, express or implied, assuring results to be obtained from any procedure undertaken in the course of health care, unless the contract is in writing and signed by that health care provider or by an authorized agent of the health care provider.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-12-2 (2021)
2021 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

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.
IN Code § 34-18-12-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 12. Liability Based on Breach of Contract; Informed Consent|34-18-12-3. Informed Written Consent; Explanation of Proposed Treatment, Outcome, and Risks

Sec. 3. The explanation given in accordance with section 2(3) of this chapter must include the following information:(1) The general nature of the patient's condition.(2) The proposed treatment, procedure, examination, or test.(3) The expected outcome of the treatment, procedure, examination, or test.(4) The material risks of the treatment, procedure, examination, or test.(5) The reasonable alternatives to the treatment, procedure, examination, or test.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-3.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-12-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 12. Liability Based on Breach of Contract; Informed Consent|34-18-12-4. Duty to Obtain Informed Consent

Sec. 4. This chapter does not relieve a qualified health care provider of the duty to obtain an informed consent.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-4.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-12-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 12. Liability Based on Breach of Contract; Informed Consent|34-18-12-5. Withdrawal of Consent

Sec. 5. This chapter does not prevent a patient, after having signed a consent, from withdrawing that consent.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-5.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-12-6 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 12. Liability Based on Breach of Contract; Informed Consent|34-18-12-6. Writing Not Required

Sec. 6. This chapter does not require that a patient's consent or the information described under section 3 of this chapter be in writing in all cases.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-6.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-12-7 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 12. Liability Based on Breach of Contract; Informed Consent|34-18-12-7. Compliance With Chapter

Sec. 7. Compliance with this chapter is not required to create an informed consent.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-7.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-12-8 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 12. Liability Based on Breach of Contract; Informed Consent|34-18-12-8. Patient Refusal to Receive Information

Sec. 8. A patient may refuse to receive some or all of the information described in section 3 of this chapter.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-8.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-12-9 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 12. Liability Based on Breach of Contract; Informed Consent|34-18-12-9. Consent Not Required; Mental Disability or Emergency

Sec. 9. Sections 2 and 3 of this chapter do not apply to a person who is mentally incapable of understanding the information required to be provided by section 3 of this chapter. This section does not require consent to health care in an emergency.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-9.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-13-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 13. Malpractice Coverage|34-18-13-1. Liability Under Chapter Dependent Upon Maintenance of Malpractice Liability Insurance

Sec. 1. Only while malpractice liability insurance remains in force are the health care provider and the health care provider's insurer liable to a patient or the patient's representative for malpractice to the extent and in the manner specified in this article.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-13-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-13-2 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 13. Malpractice Coverage|34-18-13-2. Acceptance of Article; Filing of Proof of Financial Responsibility

Sec. 2. The filing of proof of financial responsibility with the commissioner constitutes, on the part of the insurer, a conclusive and unqualified acceptance of this article.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-13-2.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-13-3 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 13. Malpractice Coverage|34-18-13-3. Policy Terms Limiting Liability Void

Sec. 3. A provision in a policy attempting to limit or modify the liability of the insurer contrary to this article is void.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-13-3.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-13-4 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 13. Malpractice Coverage|34-18-13-4. Included Policy Provisions

Sec. 4. Every policy issued under this article (or IC 27-12 before its repeal) is considered to include the following provisions, and any change made by legislation adopted by the general assembly as fully as if the change were written in the policy:(1) The insurer assumes all obligations to pay an award imposed against its insured under this article (or IC 27-12 before its repeal).(2) A termination of this policy by cancellation initiated by the insurance company is not effective for patients claiming against the insured covered by the policy, unless at least thirty (30) days before the taking effect of the cancellation, a written notice giving the date upon which termination becomes effective has been received by the insured and the commissioner at their offices.(3) A termination of this policy by cancellation initiated by the insured is not effective for patients claiming against the insured covered by the policy, unless at least thirty (30) days before the taking effect of the cancellation, a written notice giving the date upon which termination becomes effective has been received by the commissioner at the commissioner's office.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-13-4.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-13-5 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 13. Malpractice Coverage|34-18-13-5. Insurer's Failure to Pay Judgment; Revocation of Policy Form

Sec. 5. If an insurer fails or refuses to pay a final judgment, except during the pendency of an appeal, or fails, or refuses to comply with this article, in addition to any other legal remedy, the commissioner may also revoke the approval of the insurer's policy form until the insurer pays the award or judgment or has complied with the violated provisions of this article and has resubmitted its policy form and received the approval of the commissioner.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-13-5.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IN Code § 34-18-14-1 (2021)
2021 Indiana Code|Title 34. Civil Law and Procedure|Article 18. Medical Malpractice|Chapter 14. Limits on Damages|34-18-14-1. "Cost of the Periodic Payments Agreement" Defined

Sec. 1. As used in this chapter, "cost of the periodic payments agreement" means the amount expended by the health care provider (or its insurer), the commissioner, or the commissioner and the health care provider (or its insurer), at the time the periodic payments agreement is made, to obtain the commitment from a third party to make available money for use as future payment, the total of which may exceed the limits provided in section 3 of this chapter.[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-14-1.]As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.