Indiana Code 16-36-4-12. Revocation of living will declaration or life prolonging procedures will declaration
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Sec. 12. (a) A living will declaration or a life prolonging procedures will declaration may be revoked at any time by the declarant by any of the following:
(2) Physical cancellation or destruction of the declaration by the declarant or another in the declarant’s presence and at the declarant’s direction.
(1) A signed, dated writing.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 16-36-4-12
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
(3) An oral expression of intent to revoke.
(b) A revocation is effective when communicated to the attending physician.
(c) No civil or criminal liability is imposed upon a person for failure to act upon a revocation unless the person had actual knowledge of the revocation.
(d) The revocation of a life prolonging procedures will declaration is not evidence that the declarant desires to have life prolonging procedures withheld or withdrawn.
[Pre-1993 Recodification Citation: 16-8-11-13.]
As added by P.L.2-1993, SEC.19.