Ind. Code § 16-36-5-27

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 16-36-5-27 - Destruction of declaration; forgery of revocation

A person who knowingly or intentionally:

(1) physically cancels or destroys an out of hospital DNR declaration and order without the declarant's consent;

(2) physically cancels or destroys an out of hospital DNR declaration and order without the declarant's representative's consent if the declarant is incapacitated or incompetent; or

(3) falsifies or forges a revocation of another person's out of hospital DNR declaration and order;

commits a Class B misdemeanor.

IC 16-36-5-27

Amended by P.L. 86-2023,SEC. 8, eff. 7/1/2023.

As added by P.L. 148-1999, SEC.12.