Health care powers; religious tenets
Sec. 16. (a) This section does not prohibit an individual capable
of consenting to the individual's own health care or to the health care
of another from consenting to health care administered in good faith
under the religious tenets and practices of the individual requiring
health care.
(b) Language conferring general authority with respect to health
care powers means the principal authorizes the attorney in fact to do
the following:
(1) Employ or contract with servants, companions, or health
care providers to care for the principal.
(2) If the attorney in fact is an individual, consent to or refuse
health care for the principal who is an individual in accordance
with IC 16-36-4 and IC 16-36-1 by properly executing and
attaching to the power of attorney a declaration or appointment,
or both.
(3) Admit or release the principal from a hospital or health care
facility.
(4) Have access to records, including medical records,
concerning the principal's condition.
(5) Make anatomical gifts on the principal's behalf.
(6) Request an autopsy.
(7) Make plans for the disposition of the principal's body.
As added by P.L.149-1991, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.2-1993,
SEC.154.
Last modified: May 27, 2006