Indiana Code 12-27-2-3. Exercise of constitutional, statutory, and civil rights; rights denied or limited by adjudication or finding of mental incompetency; voidable acts not validated
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Sec. 3. (a) A patient is entitled to exercise the patient’s constitutional, statutory, and civil rights except for those rights that have been denied or limited by an adjudication or finding of mental incompetency in a guardianship or other civil proceeding.
(1) mentally incompetent at the time of the act; and
(b) This section does not validate the otherwise voidable act of an individual who was:
Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-27-2-3
- Mentally incompetent: means of unsound mind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
(2) not judicially declared to be mentally incompetent.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-1.6-4.]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.21.