Indiana Code
Ind. Code § 34-18-12-9 (2025)
Consent not required; mental disability or emergency
✓ 2025 Indiana Code: the 2026 session is not included
Sec. 9. Sections 2 and 3 of this chapter do not apply to a person who is mentally incapable of understanding the information required to be provided by section 3 of this chapter. This section does not require consent to health care in an emergency.
[Pre-1998 Recodification Citation: 27-12-12-9.]
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
IC 34-18-13Chapter 13. Malpractice Coverage
34-18-13-1Liability under chapter dependent upon
maintenance of malpractice liability insurance
34-18-13-2Acceptance of article; filing of proof of financial
responsibility
34-18-13-3Policy terms limiting liability void
34-18-13-4Included policy provisions
34-18-13-5Insurer's failure to pay judgment; revocation of
policy form
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2008–2008 · leading case: State v. Eichhorst, 879 N.E.2d 1144 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008).
State v. Eichhorst, 879 N.E.2d 1144 (Ind. Ct. App. 2008). “See Ind.Code § 34-18-12-9 (providing that consent is not required if the patient is “mentally incapable of understanding the information” regarding the proposed treatment, outcome, and risks and that consent to health care is not required in an emergency).”
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