Ind. Code § 16-36-3-5

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 16-36-3-5 - Second medical opinion

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.

IC 16-36-3-5

Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-3-3(b).

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