Sec. 5. As used in this chapter, “qualified person” refers to an individual who has at least one (1) of the following:

(1) An advanced chronic progressive illness.

(2) An advanced chronic progressive frailty.

(3) A condition caused by injury, disease, or illness from which, to a reasonable degree of medical certainty:

(A) there can be no recovery; and

(B) death will occur from the condition within a short period without the provision of life prolonging procedures.

(4) A medical condition that, if the person were to suffer cardiac or pulmonary failure, resuscitation would be unsuccessful or within a short period the person would experience repeated cardiac or pulmonary failure resulting in death.

As added by P.L.164-2013, SEC.8.