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Ind. Code § 16-36-3-5

Second medical opinion

As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.

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.

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