Ind. Code § 16-36-1.5-5
Consent by mentally incompetent patient
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Current — January 1, 2023
As of January 1, 2018
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a patient who:
Sec. 5. (a) This section applies to a patient who:
(1) receives mental health services; and
(1) receives mental health services; and
(2) is mentally incompetent.
(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:
(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.
(1) The patient's legal guardian or other court appointed representative.
(2) The patient's health care representative under IC 16-36-1.
(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.
(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.
(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.
Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.