Section 25-15-9-19 - Effect of signing final disposition authorization; liability(a) An individual who signs an authorization for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains: (1) is considered to warrant the truthfulness of:(A) any fact set forth in the authorization;(B) the identity of the person for whose remains cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment is sought; and(C) the individual's authority to order the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment; and(2) is personally and individually liable to pay damages in compensation for harm that: (B) results from; the signing of the authorization for cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment.
(b) A funeral home that relies in good faith on a signed authorization for the cremation, interment, entombment, or inurnment of human remains is not civilly or criminally liable or subject to disciplinary actions for carrying out the disposition of the decedent's remains in accordance with the instructions in the authorization.Amended by P.L. 6-2012, SEC. 177, eff. 2/22/2012.Added by P.L. 34-2011, SEC. 5, eff. 7/1/2011.