Indiana Code 12-27-6-3. Adult voluntary patients; right to refuse treatment or habilitation; involuntary patients; right to petition for consideration
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Sec. 3. (a) A service provider shall inform all adult voluntary patients who are not adjudicated mentally incompetent of the right to refuse to submit to treatment or a habilitation program.
(b) A service provider shall inform all involuntary patients, verbally and in writing, of the right to petition the committing court or hearing officer for consideration of the treatment or program.
[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 16-14-1.6-7 part.]
As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.21. Amended by P.L.121-1996, SEC.2.
Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-27-6-3
- in writing: include printing, lithographing, or other mode of representing words and letters. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5
- Mentally incompetent: means of unsound mind. See Indiana Code 1-1-4-5