Informed consent; rebuttable presumption
Sec. 2. If a patient's written consent is:
(1) signed by the patient or the patient's authorized
representative;
(2) witnessed by an individual at least eighteen (18) years of
age; and
(3) explained, orally or in the written consent, to the patient or
the patient's authorized representative before a treatment,
procedure, examination, or test is undertaken;
a rebuttable presumption is created that the consent is an informed
consent.
As added by P.L.1-1998, SEC.13.
Last modified: May 24, 2006