Ind. Code § 16-36-4-20

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 16-36-4-20 - Intervening forces; proximate causation

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 intervening force and does not affect the chain of proximate cause between the conduct of any person that placed the patient in a terminal condition and the patient's death.

IC 16-36-4-20

Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-21.

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