Ind. Code § 16-36-7-44

Current through P.L. 171-2024

Section 16-36-7-44 - Material conflict between multiple documents

If a declarant has become and remains incapacitated and has previously executed a valid advance directive under this chapter and executed:

(1) an appointment of a health care representative executed under IC 16-36-1 before January 1, 2023;

(2) a durable power of attorney granting health care powers and executed under IC 30-5 before January 1, 2023; or

(3) a similar advance directive executed by the declarant under the laws of another state in which the declarant was physically present at the time of signing; and

if a material conflict exists between multiple documents described in this section or if a material conflict exists between the health care decisions that different health care representatives or other authorized agents propose to make under the multiple documents, or if there is a material difference between the documents, then the document signed last by the declarant and the authority of the named representatives or agents in that document controls.

IC 16-36-7-44

Added by P.L. 50-2021,SEC. 63, eff. 7/1/2021.