IC 34-18-12
    Chapter 12. Liability Based on Breach of Contract; InformedConsent

IC 34-18-12-1
Health care provider liability; actions based on breach of contract
    Sec. 1. Liability may not be imposed on a health care provider onthe basis of an alleged breach of contract, express or implied,assuring results to be obtained from any procedure undertaken in thecourse of health care, unless the contract is in writing and signed bythat health care provider or by an authorized agent of the health careprovider.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

IC 34-18-12-2
Informed consent; rebuttable presumption
    Sec. 2. If a patient's written consent is:
        (1) signed by the patient or the patient's authorizedrepresentative;
        (2) witnessed by an individual at least eighteen (18) years ofage; and
        (3) explained, orally or in the written consent, to the patient orthe patient's authorized representative before a treatment,procedure, examination, or test is undertaken;
a rebuttable presumption is created that the consent is an informedconsent.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

IC 34-18-12-3
Informed written consent; explanation of proposed treatment,outcome, and risks
    Sec. 3. The explanation given in accordance with section 2(3) ofthis chapter must include the following information:
        (1) The general nature of the patient's condition.
        (2) The proposed treatment, procedure, examination, or test.
        (3) The expected outcome of the treatment, procedure,examination, or test.
        (4) The material risks of the treatment, procedure, examination,or test.
        (5) The reasonable alternatives to the treatment, procedure,examination, or test.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

IC 34-18-12-4
Duty to obtain informed consent
    Sec. 4. This chapter does not relieve a qualified health careprovider of the duty to obtain an informed consent.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

IC 34-18-12-5 Withdrawal of consent
    Sec. 5. This chapter does not prevent a patient, after having signeda consent, from withdrawing that consent.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

IC 34-18-12-6
Writing not required
    Sec. 6. This chapter does not require that a patient's consent or theinformation described under section 3 of this chapter be in writing inall cases.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

IC 34-18-12-7
Compliance with chapter
    Sec. 7. Compliance with this chapter is not required to create aninformed consent.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

IC 34-18-12-8
Patient refusal to receive information
    Sec. 8. A patient may refuse to receive some or all of theinformation described in section 3 of this chapter.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.

IC 34-18-12-9
Consent not required; mental disability or emergency
    Sec. 9. Sections 2 and 3 of this chapter do not apply to a personwho is mentally incapable of understanding the information requiredto be provided by section 3 of this chapter. This section does notrequire consent to health care in an emergency.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.