Sec. 0.1. The amendments made to sections 1, 10, and 13 of this chapter by P.L.99-1994 do not apply to a living will declaration executed before July 1, 1994. As added by P.L.220-2011, SEC.315.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-4.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19. Amended by P.L.99-1994, SEC.1. Repealed by P.L.50-2021, SEC.39.
Sec. 10. The following is the living will declaration form: LIVING WILL DECLARATION Declaration made this _____ day of _______ (month, year). I, _________, being at least eighteen (18) years of age and of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily make known my desires that my dying shall not be artificially prolonged under the circumstances set […]
Sec. 11. The following is the life prolonging procedures will declaration form: LIFE PROLONGING PROCEDURES DECLARATION Declaration made this ______ day of ______ (month, year). I, ____________, being at least eighteen (18) years of age and of sound mind, willfully and voluntarily make known my desire that if at any time I have an incurable […]
Sec. 12. (a) A living will declaration or a life prolonging procedures will declaration may be revoked at any time by the declarant by any of the following: (1) A signed, dated writing. (2) Physical cancellation or destruction of the declaration by the declarant or another in the declarant’s presence and at the declarant’s direction. […]
Sec. 13. (a) The attending physician shall immediately certify in writing that a person is a qualified patient if the following conditions are met: (1) The attending physician has diagnosed the patient as having a terminal condition. (2) The patient has executed a living will declaration or a life prolonging procedures will declaration in accordance […]
Sec. 14. If the qualified patient who executed a living will declaration is incompetent at the time of the decision to withhold or withdraw life prolonging procedures, a living will declaration executed in accordance with this chapter is presumed to be valid. For purposes of this chapter, a health care provider may presume in the […]
Sec. 15. A person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) physically cancels or destroys a living will declaration or a life prolonging procedures will declaration without the declarant’s consent; or (2) falsifies or forges a revocation of another person’s living will declaration or life prolonging procedures will declaration; commits a Level 6 felony. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: […]
Sec. 16. A person who knowingly or intentionally: (1) falsifies or forges the living will declaration of another person with intent to cause withholding or withdrawal of life prolonging procedures; or (2) conceals or withholds personal knowledge of the revocation of a living will declaration with intent to cause a withholding or withdrawal of life […]
Sec. 17. (a) A death caused by the withholding or withdrawal of life prolonging procedures in accordance with this chapter does not constitute a suicide. (b) The execution of a living will declaration or a life prolonging procedures will declaration under this chapter does not: (1) affect the sale or issuance of any life insurance […]
Sec. 18. This chapter creates no presumption concerning the intention of a person who has not executed a living will declaration to consent to the withholding or withdrawal of life prolonging procedures if a terminal condition exists. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-19.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
Sec. 19. This chapter does not authorize euthanasia or any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying, including the withholding or withdrawing of life prolonging procedures under this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-20.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
Sec. 2. As used in this chapter, “life prolonging procedures will declarant” means a person who has executed a life prolonging procedures will declaration under section 11 of this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-5.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
Sec. 20. The act of withholding or withdrawing life prolonging procedures, when done under: (1) a living will declaration made under this chapter; (2) a court order or decision of a court appointed guardian; or (3) a good faith medical decision by the attending physician that the patient has a terminal condition; is not an […]
Sec. 21. A physician who knowingly violates this chapter is subject to disciplinary sanctions under IC 25-1-9 as if the physician had knowingly violated a rule adopted by the medical licensing board under IC 25-22.5-2-7. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-22.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
Sec. 3. As used in this chapter, “living will declarant” means a person who has executed a living will declaration under section 10 of this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-6.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
Sec. 4. As used in this chapter, “qualified patient” means a patient who has been certified as a qualified patient under section 13 of this chapter. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-8.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, “terminal condition” means a condition caused by injury, disease, or illness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty: (1) there can be no recovery; and (2) death will occur from the terminal condition within a short period of time without the provision of life prolonging procedures. […]
Sec. 6. A competent adult has the right to control the decisions relating to the competent adult’s medical care, including the decision to have medical or surgical means or procedures calculated to prolong the competent adult’s life provided, withheld, or withdrawn. [Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-1.] As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.
Sec. 7. (a) A competent person may consent to or refuse consent for medical treatment, including life prolonging procedures. (b) No health care provider is required to provide medical treatment to a patient who has refused medical treatment under this section. (c) No civil or criminal liability is imposed on a health care provider for […]
