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Ind. Code § 16-36-1.5-7

Rebuttable presumption of informed consent

As added by P.L.145-1996, SEC.3.

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.

Official source: Indiana General Assembly. Reproduced from public-domain Indiana statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.