Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 34-18-12-4 (2026)
Duty to obtain informed consent
✓ current as of May 2026
Sec. 4. This chapter does not relieve a qualified health care provider of the duty to obtain an informed consent.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-4.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2017–2017 · leading case: Francisco Perez, Jr., Individually, & by Laura Aguirre his Nat. guardian & next friend, & Laura Aguirre, Individually v. Michael Hu, M.D. St. Catherine Hosp. of East Chicago Indiana, Inc., 87 N.E.3d 1130 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017).
Francisco Perez, Jr., Individually, & by Laura Aguirre his Nat. guardian & next friend, & Laura Aguirre, Individually v. Michael Hu, M.D. St. Catherine Hosp. of East Chicago Indiana, Inc., 87 N.E.3d 1130 (Ind. Ct. App. 2017). “” I.C. § 34-18-12-4. It makes little sense that Aguirre could be bound by a consent form stating that she had been told of “the possible complications and risk involved, the possible alternative approach(es) to this surgical method,” and that she “understand[s] the material…”
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