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Ind. Code § 34-18-12-2

Informed consent; rebuttable presumption

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Lasley v. Moss (2007)

Most recently applied in Theresa Biedron v. Anonymous Physician 1 (July 2018)

As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

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.

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